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