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