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Backgammon
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.
What is Backgammon
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.
Game details
- Players
- 2
- Age
- +8
- Duration
- 30 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- -3000
- Mechanics
- Betting and Bluffing · Dice Rolling · Race
- Categories
- Abstract Strategy · Dice
- Designer
- (Uncredited)
- Publisher
- Cayro, The Games · Playte · American Express · Caribou Mountaineering, Inc.
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Juego del estilo del parchis, que consiste en llevar las fichas propias hasta un destino, siguiendo un recorrido concreto. Cada jugador empieza con 15 fichas presentadas en una disposición adicional. Se juega con dos dados. Las fichas seguirán su recorrido avanzando la suma del valor de los dados, o dos fichas asignando a cada una un dado.. Cuando todas las fichas llegan a su cuadrante de salida, comienza la recuperación de fichas del tablero. El primero que recupere todas sus fichas, gana la partida. También se pueden comer fichas del jugador contrario, que deberá devolver al tablero antes de
Have to play more to get the statistics, let me know, if you live in mexico city! willing to practise
Juego sencillo y tiene este lugar, sólo por los recuerdos y me gusta el factor apuesta.
Players: 2.
2 J. Un clásico en el arte de administrar bien la suerte. Con más estrategia de la que parece.
De mis favoritos a dos jugadores. Su arte y estilo me encantan.
Un clásico que siempre quise probar. Básicamente un juego de suerte.
[b]Nota[/b] Incontables partidas jugadas. Un clásico de los abstractos.
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How many players is Backgammon for?
Backgammon plays with 2 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 30 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 8.
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