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