Jacquet (game)
Jacquet board and counters (France, early 20th century) | |
| Genres | Board game, race game, tables game |
|---|---|
| Players | 2 |
| Movement | parallel |
| Chance | Medium (dice rolling) |
| Skills | Strategy, tactics, counting, probability |
| Related games | |
| Fevga • Laquet • Moultezim | |
| Features: postilion | |
Jacquet is a tables game played on a backgammon-like board and which was once very popular in France and several other parts of Europe. It probably emerged around 1800, but is attested by 1827. In the 20th century it replaced the classic French backgammon equivalent — the game of Trictrac — until Jacquet itself was superseded by Anglo-American games in the 1960s.