Backgammon Pūnaewele

ʻO ka moʻolelo o backgammon, ka pāʻani pāʻani mua loa, kahi mea hoihoi i hoʻomaka ʻia ma kahi o 5,000 mau makahiki i hala ma Mesopotamia. Ua lawe ʻia nā ʻano ʻokoʻa he nui e nā moʻomeheu ʻē aʻe i loko o ka mōʻaukala backgammon. Ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻike ʻana o nā archaeologists i nā pāʻani like i loko o nā wahi o nā ʻōiwi kahiko i ka wā e nānā ai lākou i ka moʻolelo hoihoi o backgammon.

ʻO ka inoa maoli no backgammon mai kahi manawa Welsh ʻo ia hoʻi ‘kaua kaua.’ Eia nō naʻe, hōʻike ka moʻolelo o backgammon i nā inoa like ʻole a me nā mana. ʻO ka aristocracy a me ka heluna kauā o ʻAigupita a me Helene i pāʻani i kahi pāʻani like i kapa ʻia, ‘senat.’ Ua hoʻololi ka poʻe Roma i ka helu o nā dice mai ʻelua a ʻekolu a kapa ʻia ʻo ‘bac gamen’ a i ʻole ‘game back.’ Mai ka lāhui Roma, ua neʻe ʻo backgammon i Peresia, kahi i pāʻani hou ʻia ai me ʻelua mau dice i kahi pāʻani i kapa ʻia ʻo ‘Takhteh Nard’ a i ʻole ‘Battle on Wood.’ I ka manawa o nā Crusades, ua hoʻokani hou nā koa Anglo Sakona a me nā mea kālepa i kahi mana ʻē aʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo “Tables” a i ʻole “Tabula.”

Ma loko o ka moʻolelo o backgammon, ua hoʻāʻo ka hale pule i nā manawa he nui e pāpā i ka pāʻani, akā ua holomua mau. ʻO Cardinal Woolsey, i ke kenekulia 16, ua kauoha i nā papa āpau i puhi ʻia, e kāhea nei i ka pāʻani ‘lapuwale o ka diabolō.’ Makehewa ka puhi ʻana i nā papa, akā naʻe, no ka mea hiki ke huki ʻia kekahi ʻano papa i ka lepo a i ʻole ke one a pāʻani me nā ʻiliʻili liʻiliʻi. Hana pinepine ʻia ka dice a liʻiliʻi ia e hūnā maʻalahi ʻia ai i kahi kanaka a hūnā ʻia paha i ka home o haʻi. Eia kekahi, ua akamai loa ka poʻe Pelekania a hoʻoholo e hoʻohoka i ka papa backgammon ma ke ʻano he puke pelu. ʻIke ʻia kā lākou hana hana hou i ka papa a mākou e hoʻohana nei i kēia lā.

ʻO Edmund Hoyle, ka mea kākau kaulana a me nā mea pāʻani, i kākau i nā lula a me ka mōʻaukala o backgammon i ka waena o 1700’s. Ua lawe mai nā koloneʻi mai ʻEnelani i backgammon i ko lākou mau home i ʻAmelika, me nā ʻōlapa a me nā pāʻani papa ʻē aʻe o nā wā. ʻOiai ua lilo ka pāʻani o backgammon i kahi kaulana i ka wā Victorian, ua puka hou a loaʻa ka ikaika i ka 20 kenekulia. I kēia manawa, hoʻolālā kahi mea ʻike ʻole ʻike ʻia i ka pahu pālua, i hāʻawi i nā mea pāʻani i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻonui i kā lākou pili mua i ka nui ma ka pahu pālua. ʻOiaʻiʻo, pono ʻia kahi hoʻolālā a me ka ʻike ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pahu lua.

ʻO nā hoʻokūkū, nā puke, nā makasina, a me nā hui i kēia manawa kahi ʻāpana o ka moʻolelo o backgammon. Ua hoʻonui ka hoʻolauna o ka pāʻani ma ka Pūnaewele i kona kaulana i kahi ʻoi aku ka nui. He pāʻani wikiwiki ʻo Backgammon, paʻakikī, a hoʻokipa hoʻi i ka mākaukau a me ka laki.