Summary
“Tables” probably refers to Backgammon, but on another occasion Wheatley also decides it is Cribbage. Latham & Matthews say “backgammon and other similar games”.
At Wikipedia:
Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
“Tables” probably refers to Backgammon, but on another occasion Wheatley also decides it is Cribbage. Latham & Matthews say “backgammon and other similar games”.
At Wikipedia:
[Tables is] The old name for backgammon, used by Shakespeare and others. The following lines are from an epitaph entirely made up of puns on backgammon
Man’s life’s a game at tables, and he may Mend his bad fortune by his wiser play.
Wit’s Recre., i. 250, reprint, 1817.