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