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