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