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