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