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