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