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