Backgammon Board

Fair Trade Wooden Chess / Backgammon Board.

Beautifully hand crafted set with outer chess board and inner backgammon.

Size: 30x30cm.

Item Description: Wooden Set Made in Thailand from Rainwood. This is a beautifully crafted set and would make an excellent gift or for the family collections.

Wooden pieces and wooden box.

This is not a toy – not suitable for children.

Background

Backgammon, game played by moving counters on a board or table, the object of the game being a race to a goal, with the movement of the counters being controlled by the throw of two dice. Elements of chance and skill are nicely balanced in backgammon so that each is usually essential to victory. The game became highly popular worldwide in the late 20th century.

Precursors of backgammon are among the most ancient of all games and may date from as early as 3000 BC. The ancient Romans played a game, Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum (“Twelve-lined Game”), which was identical, or nearly so, to modern backgammon. The game is still most generally played in the eastern Mediterranean countries.

Backgammon is played by two persons. The board comprises four sections, or tables, each marked with six narrow wedges, or points, in two alternating colours. A vertical line called the bar divides the board in half, separating the “inner” and “outer” tables. There are 15 white and 15 black pieces, often called stones. Opposing stones are moved from point to point in opposite directions around the board, the exact number of points shown on the dice. The two numbers may be applied separately to two different stones or, in turn, to one. Doublets (identical numbers on the two dice) are taken twice over; e.g., two 6s count as four 6s.

We sell a whole range of wooden games from around the world. 

For more information on how to play Backgammon click here.