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