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