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