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Backgammon is a classic abstract strategy game dating back thousands of years. Each player has a set of 15 "men" that must be backgammon backgammon money real moved from their starting positions, around, and then off the board. Dice are thrown each turn, and each player must decide which of his men to move based on the outcome of the backgammon board setup backgammon online roll. Players can capture each other's men, forcing

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the board. The winner is the first backgammon game yahoo player to get all 15 men off the board. A more recent addition to the game is the "doubling cube", which allows players backgammon download game to up the stakes of the game, as backgammon it is often played for money. Although the game relies on dice to determine movement, there is a large degree of strategy in deciding how backgammon board setup to make the most effective backgammon direction moves given each dice roll as well

as measuring the risk in terms of possible rolls the opponent may get.
Backgammon may be the first game to be mentioned in written history, going board back 5,000 backgammon rule years to the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia. During the 1920's, archaeologists unearthed five boards from a cemetery

in the ancient town of Ur. At another location, backgammon game pieces and dice were also found along with the board. Boards from backgammon board setup ancient Egypt have also been recovered from the tomb yahoo backgammon intermediate room of Tutanchamun, including a mechanical dice box, no backgammon doubt intended to stop cheaters.
The names of the game were many. In Persia, Takhteh backgammon free online play Nard which means "Battle on Wood". In Egypt, Tau, which may be the ancestor of Senat. In Rome, Ludus Duodecim backgammon board setup Scriptorum, later, Tabula, and by the sixth century, Alea. In ancient China, T-shu-p-u and later in Japan, Sugoroko. The English name may backgammon motif play derive from "Bac gamen"

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Game", referring to re-entry of taken stones back board backgammon internet to the board.
It was often enjoyed by the upper classes and is sometimes called "The Aristocratic Game." The Roman Emperor Claudius was known to be such a fan that he had a set built into his coach so he could play as he traveled (the world's first travel edition?).
The backgammon board setup backgammon game rule rules in English were standardized in 1743 by Edmond board Hoyle. These remained popular until back backgammon door game the American innovations of the 1930's
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