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