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