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