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