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