Backgammon Articles
How to Play BackgammonThe goal of the game is to progress one’s checkers from their original places to the other side of the board.
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Backgammon RulesOnce the game board is properly set up it is time to determine which player makes the first move. This is the stage at which real play starts.
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Runnin' the ChouetteWalking around a secluded village in Tajikistan you see a line of coffee shops with rows of tables seating two players, a backgammon board and a tobacco pipe between them. You wonder to yourself, “Is there a way that one of these pairs can make some room for me?” Well there is, but tradition is tradition and “two’s a company and three is a crowd”
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60 Men on the Board? The Mysterious Rules of the Burnt CityUp to a few years ago, Mesopotamia (today’s Iraq) was the location of the unearthing of the oldest backgammon set known to man. This all changed, however, with the archeological digs in “The Burnt City” in Iran.
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Suggested Reading: A World of Volumes for the World's Oldest GameHaven’t found all you’re looking for in our pages? We can’t say we’re too surprised. For a game that’s as old as civilization, a world of literature has already been written and rewritten. Delve into the vast pool of reading with these selected products.
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