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