2023_P6A00025 Flat Lay Photography
Backgammon is one of the oldest games in existence. It is probably about 5,000 years old and may well have originated in Mesopotamia. Recent evidence supporting this was found when very early dice, made of human bone, were discovered in the area.
The board with its twenty-four (24) points and thirty (30) stones (or pieces or men) has been around for a long time but the game has not always been called backgammon. Other games which used the same board were Senet and Mancala. The Romans were the first to make it truly popular with their version called "Duodecum Scripta et Tabulae" or "Tables" for short.
The word backgammon first appeared in print in 1645. No one knows for sure where the name came from, but most scholars agree that in all likelihood it comes from the Middle English baec = back and gamen = game.
What makes a game popular enough to not only survive but evolve across millennia? Itâs the combination of luck and skill that makes a game endlessly replayable. If you can strike the right balance, you get something thatâs easy to learn, tough to master, but has enough variability that a bad player can sometimes beat a great one.
âCrazy Tuesdayâ ,
âFlat Lay Photographyâ ,
Backgammon,
United States,
Pennsylvania,
Winter.
2023_P6A00025 Flat Lay Photography
Backgammon is one of the oldest games in existence. It is probably about 5,000 years old and may well have originated in Mesopotamia. Recent evidence supporting this was found when very early dice, made of human bone, were discovered in the area.
The board with its twenty-four (24) points and thirty (30) stones (or pieces or men) has been around for a long time but the game has not always been called backgammon. Other games which used the same board were Senet and Mancala. The Romans were the first to make it truly popular with their version called "Duodecum Scripta et Tabulae" or "Tables" for short.
The word backgammon first appeared in print in 1645. No one knows for sure where the name came from, but most scholars agree that in all likelihood it comes from the Middle English baec = back and gamen = game.
What makes a game popular enough to not only survive but evolve across millennia? Itâs the combination of luck and skill that makes a game endlessly replayable. If you can strike the right balance, you get something thatâs easy to learn, tough to master, but has enough variability that a bad player can sometimes beat a great one.
âCrazy Tuesdayâ ,
âFlat Lay Photographyâ ,
Backgammon,
United States,
Pennsylvania,
Winter.