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