Tablero de Jesus
http://www.gamecabinet.com/rules/Tablero.html
This game is played with two dice, a seven by seven checkerboard and a fifteen coin stake supplied by each player. It was very popular in Spain and in the Spanish possessions in the Low Countries during the first half of the XVth century. It was banned by the Pope in 1458, the ban enduring until the early XXth century!
SET UP
Each player rolls a die. Reroll ties. The low roller places five coins on either of rows 1 or 7, no more than one per column. The high roller places two coins likewise. The low roller plays first.
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GAME PLAY
Having thrown the dice, the player loses them to his opponent on a throw of 7, 11 or 12. On any other throw, he must move two coins, one per die -- the same coin may not be moved twice. Each coin moves within the same column, never diagonally or across. The player moves each coin either away from or towards his side, by the number of rows indicated by the dice. A coin may not be moved back and forth on one die. If the player is unable to use both dice, he moves neither coin and loses the dice to his opponent.
After having moved the coins, if there are two or more lined up in a contiguous row (other than rows 1 or 7), the player may take them from the board. In that case, his opponent replenishes the vacated columns from his own stake and then takes the dice. If the opponent has an insufficient stake, the game is over.
When receiving the dice, they must be thrown at least once.
If a row of seven coins is created, the moving player may announce a "run". The opponent must then stake two coins on the run. The running player throws the dice. On a 7, 11 or 12, he loses the run and his opponent collects all nine coins. Otherwise, the running player collects the two coin stake and has the option of keeping on running. This keeps on until the runner stumbles, the opponent is unable to stake two coins, or the running player decides to take the seven coins.
WINNER
The winner is the player with the most coins when the game is over.
TURNING TABLERO INTO TOBLARO
The coins are replaced with shotglasses, or more exactly their contents. When coins are "captured", the winner simply gets to drink their contents, the loser refilling them from his bottle.
El Tablero de Jesus
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/23313
El Tablero de Jesus (pronounced 'Hay-sues') is a simple gambling game played on a 7x7 board with a pair of standard dice. Originally presented to the SCA (recreational medievalist) as a historic game from the 15th century, further research has found this to be a hoax. No evidence exists of the game before 1971, so that is where we date it.
Players each roll one die, with the high roller going first. The first player places two coins in the two right most columns of his back row, while the losing player places five coins in the remaining columns on his home row. The first player then rolls both dice and moves any two coins up or down a column the exact number rolled. When a player gets two or more coins in adjacent columns on the same row (other then either home row) he may choose to take those coins and end his turn or continue rolling. If he takes the coins, then his opponent fills in the now empty columns with new coins on his home row and starts his turn. At any point if a player rolls 7, 11 or 12 their turn is over and the dice pass to their opponent. Also if you roll a pair of numbers that can not be moved (roll a 6 and none of the coins are in a home row) your turn is over. If at the start of your turn there are adjacent coins on the board, you may take them and pass the dice back.
The game ends when one player is out of money (or is no longer willing to lose more)
Also called Tablero, El Tablero, and Tablero de Gucci (drinking version)