Board / Card Games: What's Hot Now: Backgammon

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Backgammon Jan 12th 2012, 11:04 Gameplay in Brief: Players race to move their 15 checkers (also known as men, stones, or counters) off the board by rolling two dice and making good decisions about which pieces to move when, protecting their own pieces and attacking their opponent's. Read the complete rules of Backgammon for more details. We have also compiled some tips on how to win at Backgammon. Basics: For 2 players, ages 8 and up. About 30 minutes per game. Designer: Backgammon is a public domain game. Publisher: Because Backgammon is a public domain game, it can be published by any company. Among the best available are the high-end sets published by Dal Negro, including an $800 black leather Backgammon set. Low-end Backgammon sets can be found for less than $10. Genre: Backgammon is a race game with a roll-and-move mechanic. History: Some people say the roots of modern Backgammon can be traced to ancient Egypt and the board game Senet, which may be the oldest known board game. Others draw a more direct line to The Royal Game of Ur, found in ancient Mesopotamia. In ancient Rome, the game Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum (literally, "game of twelve lines") is very similar to Backgammon. Historian Touraj Daryaee has written about Backgammon's likely ancestry in India.

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