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