backgammon
Sign in to saveBackgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables games, whose ancestors date back at least 1,600 years. The earliest record of backgammon itself dates to 17th-century England, being descended from the 16th-century game of Irish (which was apparently of Scottish origin).
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Backgammon is a two-player board game in which players move counters across a board according to dice rolls. It is the most popular Western version of an ancient family of games with roots stretching back at least 1,600 years, with backgammon itself first documented in 17th-century England.
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Key facts
- Game.italic title
- no
- Game.title
- Backgammon
- Game.image_link
- Backgammon lg.png
- Game.image_caption
- A backgammon set
- Game.years
- 1646 to present
- Game.players
- 2
- Game.setup_time
- 10–30 seconds
- Game.playing_time
- 5–60 minutes
- Game.movement
- Contrary
- Game.random_chance
- Medium (dice rolling)
- Game.ages
- 5+
- Game.related
- Irish, Nard
- Game.footnotes
Article
34 sectionsContents
- History
- Tables games
- Ancient history
- Sasanian Empire
- Roman and Byzantine Empires
- Western Europe
- Backgammon
- Early backgammon
- Modern backgammon
- Software
- Rules
- Board
- Setup
- Movement
- Bearing off
- Doubling cube
- Related games
- Strategy and tactics
- Cube handling
- Equity
- Cheating
- Social and competitive play
- Legality
- Club and tournament play
- International competition
- Gambling
- Mediterranean and West Asian cultural significance
- Studies and analysis
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables games, whose ancestors date back at least 1,600 years. The earliest record of backgammon itself dates to 17th-century England, being descended from the 16th-century game of Irish (which was apparently of Scottish origin).
Backgammon is a two-player game of contrary movement in which each player has 15 pieces known traditionally as men (short for "tablemen"), but increasingly known as "checkers" in the United States in recent decades. The backgammon table pieces move along 24 "points" according to the roll of two dice. The objective of the game is to move the 15 pieces around the board and be first to bear off, i.e., remove them from the board. The achievement of this while the opponent is still a long way behind results in a triple win known as a backgammon, hence the name of the game.