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