Backgammon (1630)
Playtime: 30
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: Alga, John Sands Pty Ltd, Ariel Productions Ltd, Basic Fun, Inc., Waddington Sanders Ltd., Gamut of Games, WHSmith, Peri Spiele, Origem, S & E, Noris Spiele, Ramsons, Majora, Chad Valley Co Ltd., Caribou Mountaineering, Inc., John N. Hansen Co., Inc., MB Spellen, Zontik Games, (Public Domain), play time, Fifth Avenue Crystal Ltd., Dino Toys s. r. o., Crisloid, House Martin, Unicorn Products, Selchow & Righter, K.E.Leg, RoseArt, Pintoy, Pavilion, Flying Tiger Copenhagen, Sterling Games, Reiss Games, Square Root Games, ABRA, Silk Cut, Galleryplay, L. P. Septímio, Piatnik, Editrice Giochi, Inovac Rima SA, Wood Expressions, Palet spil, Lagoon Games, Pelikan, LuduScience, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Marigó, Dynamic Games / Dynamic Design Industries, Carlit, (Self-Published), Diset S. A., Westside Fun Games, Regionalia Verlag GmbH, The Op Games, Halsall, Oriental Trading Company, Bello Games New York, Inc., Dilemma Games, Saitek, Maxco, Schou, Cathay, Planet Finska, Golden, Waddingtons, IRWIN Games, Otto Maier Verlag, Classic Toys, Ravensburger, Pleasantime Games, Schmidt International, Neroulia, Wild & Wolf, Dos Reis, American Express, National Novelty Corp., Søstrene Grene, Paul Lamond Games Ltd, (Unknown), Spear's Games, Hasbro, Blatz, Game Factory, Pendleton, Ludens Planet, 3M, Węgiel, Sladecolour Board Games, Schmidt Spiele, Challenge Master Game Co Ltd, Pin International, Galison, Kingstone International, Estrela, Matsui Gaming Machine, Magnetic Poetry Inc, Bütehorn Spiele (Buchholz Verlag), OPEN'N PLAY, Gigliodoro, HEMA, Pressman Toy Corp., Dal Negro, M Petrushkin, John Jaques of London, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., F.X. Schmid, Friendly Games, Inc., ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Mitra, Deuce, The Purple Cow, Masters Games, The Toy Network, Joker, Western Publishing Company, MB Spiele, Harlekin, Vennerød Forlag AS, Creative Crafthouse, Juegos Ya S.L., Chadwick Miller Inc., Ghisò, Gold Medal, El Greco, Heyne, Marlboro, HABA, House of Marbles, Cardinal, Fame Products, Whitman, Invicta Games, Croner, Gibsons, StirlingFox, nestorgames, Super Accord, Przedsiebiorstwo Zagraniczne LABO, Bisonte, Tactic, Berliner Spielkarten, Gammon Games, E. S. Lowe Company Inc., Fundex, Jumbo, Daells Varehus, Brio AB, Editions ATLAS, Top Mark, Merit, Schmidt France, Poolmaster, Klee, Cayro, The Games, CHH Games, Arrow Games Ltd, Smethport Specialty Co., Hector Saxe, Milton Bradley, Skor-Mor, Philos, Glevum Games, P:OS Handels GmbH
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Christian Lacroix, Willem Cornelisz Duyster
Mechanics: Roll / Spin and Move, Dice Rolling, Score-and-Reset Game, Track Movement, Race, Betting and Bluffing, Static Capture
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: Alga, John Sands Pty Ltd, Ariel Productions Ltd, Basic Fun, Inc., Waddington Sanders Ltd., Gamut of Games, WHSmith, Peri Spiele, Origem, S & E, Noris Spiele, Ramsons, Majora, Chad Valley Co Ltd., Caribou Mountaineering, Inc., John N. Hansen Co., Inc., MB Spellen, Zontik Games, (Public Domain), play time, Fifth Avenue Crystal Ltd., Dino Toys s. r. o., Crisloid, House Martin, Unicorn Products, Selchow & Righter, K.E.Leg, RoseArt, Pintoy, Pavilion, Flying Tiger Copenhagen, Sterling Games, Reiss Games, Square Root Games, ABRA, Silk Cut, Galleryplay, L. P. Septímio, Piatnik, Editrice Giochi, Inovac Rima SA, Wood Expressions, Palet spil, Lagoon Games, Pelikan, LuduScience, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Marigó, Dynamic Games / Dynamic Design Industries, Carlit, (Self-Published), Diset S. A., Westside Fun Games, Regionalia Verlag GmbH, The Op Games, Halsall, Oriental Trading Company, Bello Games New York, Inc., Dilemma Games, Saitek, Maxco, Schou, Cathay, Planet Finska, Golden, Waddingtons, IRWIN Games, Otto Maier Verlag, Classic Toys, Ravensburger, Pleasantime Games, Schmidt International, Neroulia, Wild & Wolf, Dos Reis, American Express, National Novelty Corp., Søstrene Grene, Paul Lamond Games Ltd, (Unknown), Spear's Games, Hasbro, Blatz, Game Factory, Pendleton, Ludens Planet, 3M, Węgiel, Sladecolour Board Games, Schmidt Spiele, Challenge Master Game Co Ltd, Pin International, Galison, Kingstone International, Estrela, Matsui Gaming Machine, Magnetic Poetry Inc, Bütehorn Spiele (Buchholz Verlag), OPEN'N PLAY, Gigliodoro, HEMA, Pressman Toy Corp., Dal Negro, M Petrushkin, John Jaques of London, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., F.X. Schmid, Friendly Games, Inc., ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Mitra, Deuce, The Purple Cow, Masters Games, The Toy Network, Joker, Western Publishing Company, MB Spiele, Harlekin, Vennerød Forlag AS, Creative Crafthouse, Juegos Ya S.L., Chadwick Miller Inc., Ghisò, Gold Medal, El Greco, Heyne, Marlboro, HABA, House of Marbles, Cardinal, Fame Products, Whitman, Invicta Games, Croner, Gibsons, StirlingFox, nestorgames, Super Accord, Przedsiebiorstwo Zagraniczne LABO, Bisonte, Tactic, Berliner Spielkarten, Gammon Games, E. S. Lowe Company Inc., Fundex, Jumbo, Daells Varehus, Brio AB, Editions ATLAS, Top Mark, Merit, Schmidt France, Poolmaster, Klee, Cayro, The Games, CHH Games, Arrow Games Ltd, Smethport Specialty Co., Hector Saxe, Milton Bradley, Skor-Mor, Philos, Glevum Games, P:OS Handels GmbH
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Christian Lacroix, Willem Cornelisz Duyster
Mechanics: Roll / Spin and Move, Dice Rolling, Score-and-Reset Game, Track Movement, Race, Betting and Bluffing, Static Capture
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Backgammon is a classic abstract strategy game dating back thousands of years. Each player has a set of 15 checkers (or stones) that must be moved from their starting positions, around, and then off the board. Dice are thrown each turn, and each player must decide which of their checkers to move based on the outcome of the roll. Players can capture each other's checkers, forcing the captured checkers to restart their journey around the board. The winner is the first player to get all 15 checkers off the board. A more recent addition to the game is the "doubling cube", which allows players to up the stakes of the game. Although the game relies on dice to determine movement, there is a large degree of strategy in deciding how to make the most effective moves given each dice roll and measuring the risk in terms of possible rolls the opponent may get.
Backgammon may be the first game to be mentioned in written history, going back 5,000 years to the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia. During the 1920s, archaeologists unearthed five boards from a cemetery in the ancient town of Ur. At another location, pieces and dice were also found along with the board. Boards from ancient Egypt have also been recovered from the tomb of Tutankhamun, including a mechanical dice box, no doubt intended to stop cheaters.
The names of the game were many. In Persia, Takhteh Nard which means "Battle on Wood". In Egypt, Tau, which may be the ancestor of Senat. In Rome, Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum ("game of twelve marks"), later, Tabula ("table"), and by the sixth century, Alea ("dice"). In ancient China, T-shu-p-u and later in Japan, Sugoroko. The English name may derive from "Bac gamen" meaning "Back Game", referring to re-entry of taken stones back to the board. It was often enjoyed by the upper classes and is sometimes called "The Aristocratic Game". The Roman Emperor Claudius was known to be such a fan of Tabula that he had a set built into his coach so he could play as he traveled (the world's first travel edition?).
The rules in English were standardized in 1743 by Edmond Hoyle. These remained popular until the American innovations of the 1930s.
Backgammon may be the first game to be mentioned in written history, going back 5,000 years to the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia. During the 1920s, archaeologists unearthed five boards from a cemetery in the ancient town of Ur. At another location, pieces and dice were also found along with the board. Boards from ancient Egypt have also been recovered from the tomb of Tutankhamun, including a mechanical dice box, no doubt intended to stop cheaters.
The names of the game were many. In Persia, Takhteh Nard which means "Battle on Wood". In Egypt, Tau, which may be the ancestor of Senat. In Rome, Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum ("game of twelve marks"), later, Tabula ("table"), and by the sixth century, Alea ("dice"). In ancient China, T-shu-p-u and later in Japan, Sugoroko. The English name may derive from "Bac gamen" meaning "Back Game", referring to re-entry of taken stones back to the board. It was often enjoyed by the upper classes and is sometimes called "The Aristocratic Game". The Roman Emperor Claudius was known to be such a fan of Tabula that he had a set built into his coach so he could play as he traveled (the world's first travel edition?).
The rules in English were standardized in 1743 by Edmond Hoyle. These remained popular until the American innovations of the 1930s.
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