Backgammon

Backgammon is one of the oldest board games for two players in which the playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice . Players win by removing all of their pieces from the board. There are many variants of backgammon, most of which share common traits. Backgammon is a member of the tables family, one of the oldest classes of board games in the world. Although luck plays an important role, there is a large scope for strategy. With each roll of the dice players must choose from numerous options for moving their checkers and anticipate possible counter-moves by the opponent. Players may raise the stakes during the game. There is an established repertoire of common tactics and occurrences. Like chess , backgammon has been studied with great interest by computer scientists . Owing to this research, backgammon software has been developed capable of beating world-class human players.

Backgammon is one of the oldest board games for two players. The playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice , and a player wins by removing all of their pieces from the board before their opponent. Backgammon is a member of the tables family, one of the oldest classes of board games in the world. Backgammon involves a combination of strategy and luck (from rolling dice). While the dice may determine the outcome of a single game, over a series of many games, the better player will accumulate the better record. Thus, records of matches between players are good indicators of relative skill. With each roll of the dice, players must choose from numerous options for moving their checkers and anticipate possible counter-moves by the opponent. In variants that originate from early 20th century New York, players may raise the stakes during the game. There is an established repertoire of common tactics and occurrences. Like chess , backgammon has been studied with great interest by computer scientists . Owing to this research, backgammon software has been developed that is capable of beating world-class human players (see TD-Gammon for an example).

One of the oldest board games for two players For the 2015 film, see Backgammon (film) . Backgammon is one of the oldest known board games . Its history can be traced back nearly 5,000 years to archeological discoveries in Mesopotamia . It is a two-player game where each player has fifteen pieces ( checkers or men ) that move between twenty-four triangles ( points ) according to the roll of two dice . The objective of the game is to be first to bear off , i.e. move all fifteen checkers off the board. Backgammon is a member of the tables family, one of the oldest classes of board games. Backgammon involves a combination of strategy and luck (from rolling dice). While the dice may determine the outcome of a single game, the better player will accumulate the better record over series of many games. With each roll of the dice, players must choose from numerous options for moving their checkers and anticipate possible counter-moves by the opponent. The optional use of a doubling cube allows players to raise the stakes during the game. Like chess , backgammon has been studied with great interest by computer scientists . The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin . A History of Board-Games Other than Chess .

Board and dice game for two players For other uses, see Backgammon (disambiguation) . 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 nearly 5,000 years to the regions of Mesopotamia and Persia . The earliest record of backgammon itself dates to 17th-century England , being descended from the 16th-century game of Irish . Backgammon is a two-player game of contrary movement in which each player has fifteen pieces known traditionally as men (short for 'tablemen'), but increasingly known as 'checkers' in the US in recent decades, analogous to the other board game of Checkers . The backgammon table pieces move along twenty-four ' points ' according to the roll of two dice . The objective of the game is to move the fifteen 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. Backgammon involves a combination of strategy and luck (from rolling dice). While the dice may determine the outcome of a single game, the better player will accumulate the better record over a series of many games. With each roll of the dice, players must choose from numerous options for moving their pieces and anticipate possible counter-moves by the opponent. The optional use of a doubling cube allows players to raise the stakes during the game.

Board and dice game for two players For other uses, see Backgammon (disambiguation) . 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 . Backgammon is a two-player game of contrary movement in which each player has fifteen 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 twenty-four " points " according to the roll of two dice . The objective of the game is to move the fifteen 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. Backgammon involves a combination of strategy and luck from rolling of the dice. While the dice may determine the outcome of a single game, the better player will accumulate the better record over a series of many games. With each roll of the dice, players must choose from numerous options for moving their pieces and anticipate possible counter-moves by the opponent. The optional use of a doubling cube allows players to raise the stakes during the game.