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