Backgammon (1630)
Playtime: 30
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: Daells Varehus, Pendleton, Pavilion, F.X. Schmid, Alga, Fifth Avenue Crystal Ltd., Caribou Mountaineering, Inc., CHH Games, Paul Lamond Games Ltd, Smethport Specialty Co., nestorgames, Skor-Mor, John N. Hansen Co., Inc., Philos, Deuce, Cardinal, Dino Toys s. r. o., Bütehorn Spiele (Buchholz Verlag), Blatz, Galison, Juegos Ya S.L., Origem, Westside Fun Games, Marigó, Vennerød Forlag AS, StirlingFox, Schmidt France, Piatnik, Kingstone International, Harlekin, Cathay, Sterling Games, Creative Crafthouse, Klee, Unicorn Products, Diset S. A., (Self-Published), Noris Spiele, Spear's Games, Gigliodoro, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., Brio AB, Croner, Magnetic Poetry Inc, Hasbro, Ludens Planet, Marlboro, Wild & Wolf, play time, Classic Toys, Halsall, Poolmaster, Sladecolour Board Games, Editrice Giochi, Masters Games, Przedsiebiorstwo Zagraniczne LABO, Crisloid, Jumbo, Merit, MB Spiele, Friendly Games, Inc., Schou, ABRA, Square Root Games, Wood Expressions, M Petrushkin, Milton Bradley, Fame Products, Chad Valley Co Ltd., Western Publishing Company, (Public Domain), Joker, Waddington Sanders Ltd., Dynamic Games / Dynamic Design Industries, John Sands Pty Ltd, Ghisò, Game Factory, Selchow & Righter, Berliner Spielkarten, Ravensburger, 3M, Editions ATLAS, IRWIN Games, Dal Negro, Saitek, El Greco, Regionalia Verlag GmbH, Carlit, Majora, Chadwick Miller Inc., S & E, The Toy Network, Schmidt International, Cayro, The Games, Neroulia, Silk Cut, RoseArt, Ariel Productions Ltd, House Martin, Węgiel, Bello Games New York, Inc., MB Spellen, Fundex, Top Mark, L. P. Septímio, The Op Games, P:OS Handels GmbH, Søstrene Grene, Schmidt Spiele, Gamut of Games, Pintoy, Inovac Rima SA, Peri Spiele, HEMA, National Novelty Corp., (Unknown), K.E.Leg, Bisonte, Lagoon Games, Zontik Games, Dos Reis, Pleasantime Games, Dilemma Games, Oriental Trading Company, Waddingtons, John Jaques of London, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Heyne, E. S. Lowe Company Inc., Hector Saxe, Whitman, American Express, Golden, Otto Maier Verlag, Mitra, Pressman Toy Corp., Matsui Gaming Machine, Galleryplay, Reiss Games, Glevum Games, Tactic, Planet Finska, Pin International, HABA, Gibsons, Flying Tiger Copenhagen, LuduScience, Challenge Master Game Co Ltd, Invicta Games, Palet spil, Super Accord, WHSmith, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Arrow Games Ltd, Gammon Games, House of Marbles, Maxco, Pelikan, The Purple Cow, Gold Medal, Ramsons, Basic Fun, Inc., Estrela, OPEN'N PLAY
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Willem Cornelisz Duyster, Christian Lacroix
Mechanics: Betting and Bluffing, Dice Rolling, Score-and-Reset Game, Roll / Spin and Move, Race, Track Movement, Static Capture
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: Daells Varehus, Pendleton, Pavilion, F.X. Schmid, Alga, Fifth Avenue Crystal Ltd., Caribou Mountaineering, Inc., CHH Games, Paul Lamond Games Ltd, Smethport Specialty Co., nestorgames, Skor-Mor, John N. Hansen Co., Inc., Philos, Deuce, Cardinal, Dino Toys s. r. o., Bütehorn Spiele (Buchholz Verlag), Blatz, Galison, Juegos Ya S.L., Origem, Westside Fun Games, Marigó, Vennerød Forlag AS, StirlingFox, Schmidt France, Piatnik, Kingstone International, Harlekin, Cathay, Sterling Games, Creative Crafthouse, Klee, Unicorn Products, Diset S. A., (Self-Published), Noris Spiele, Spear's Games, Gigliodoro, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., Brio AB, Croner, Magnetic Poetry Inc, Hasbro, Ludens Planet, Marlboro, Wild & Wolf, play time, Classic Toys, Halsall, Poolmaster, Sladecolour Board Games, Editrice Giochi, Masters Games, Przedsiebiorstwo Zagraniczne LABO, Crisloid, Jumbo, Merit, MB Spiele, Friendly Games, Inc., Schou, ABRA, Square Root Games, Wood Expressions, M Petrushkin, Milton Bradley, Fame Products, Chad Valley Co Ltd., Western Publishing Company, (Public Domain), Joker, Waddington Sanders Ltd., Dynamic Games / Dynamic Design Industries, John Sands Pty Ltd, Ghisò, Game Factory, Selchow & Righter, Berliner Spielkarten, Ravensburger, 3M, Editions ATLAS, IRWIN Games, Dal Negro, Saitek, El Greco, Regionalia Verlag GmbH, Carlit, Majora, Chadwick Miller Inc., S & E, The Toy Network, Schmidt International, Cayro, The Games, Neroulia, Silk Cut, RoseArt, Ariel Productions Ltd, House Martin, Węgiel, Bello Games New York, Inc., MB Spellen, Fundex, Top Mark, L. P. Septímio, The Op Games, P:OS Handels GmbH, Søstrene Grene, Schmidt Spiele, Gamut of Games, Pintoy, Inovac Rima SA, Peri Spiele, HEMA, National Novelty Corp., (Unknown), K.E.Leg, Bisonte, Lagoon Games, Zontik Games, Dos Reis, Pleasantime Games, Dilemma Games, Oriental Trading Company, Waddingtons, John Jaques of London, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Heyne, E. S. Lowe Company Inc., Hector Saxe, Whitman, American Express, Golden, Otto Maier Verlag, Mitra, Pressman Toy Corp., Matsui Gaming Machine, Galleryplay, Reiss Games, Glevum Games, Tactic, Planet Finska, Pin International, HABA, Gibsons, Flying Tiger Copenhagen, LuduScience, Challenge Master Game Co Ltd, Invicta Games, Palet spil, Super Accord, WHSmith, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Arrow Games Ltd, Gammon Games, House of Marbles, Maxco, Pelikan, The Purple Cow, Gold Medal, Ramsons, Basic Fun, Inc., Estrela, OPEN'N PLAY
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Willem Cornelisz Duyster, Christian Lacroix
Mechanics: Betting and Bluffing, Dice Rolling, Score-and-Reset Game, Roll / Spin and Move, Race, Track Movement, 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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