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