With the European renaissance, drawings of backgammon players became a popular theme and different variants of the games are known from contemporain writings. In 1743 an Englishman called Edmond Hoyle documented and standardised the rules of the game. Backgammon then became popular in many European countries. "Tric-Trac" in France, "Puff" Germany, mostly followed these rules. These rules remained unchanged till 1931 when in America they were revised to what generally governs the game today
In France and England, in the nineteenth century the game became very popular although still surrounded by a reputation of bourgeois entertainment.