Trictrac
... that Trictrac was the classic tables game of France, just as backgammon is of the English-speaking world today?
... that <b id="mwAsU"><a href="./Trictrac" id="mwAsY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Trictrac">Trictrac</a></b> <i id="mwAsc">(board pictured)</i> was the classic <a href="./Tables_game" id="mwAsg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tables game">tables game</a> of France, just as <a href="./Backgammon" id="mwAsk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Backgammon">backgammon</a> is of the English-speaking world today?