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