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chess for people who want fate to ruin everything at the last roll.
means A two-player board game where you race fifteen checkers around twenty-four points, moving by dice rolls and hitting your opponent off the board where you can.
from From English roots, almost certainly 'back' plus 'gamen,' an old word for 'game' or 'play' — the name nodding to how a hit checker is sent 'back' to start its journey over. The game itself is far older than its English name, descending from ancient race games like the Roman 'tabula,' but the word 'backgammon' surfaces in English only around the 17th century, replacing the earlier name 'tables.'
- ancient age
- playable boards date back 5,000 years
- doubling cube
- added in 1920s New York, gambling fueled
- luck plus skill
- experts win long-run, dice rule single games
- backgammon name
- likely means back game in Middle English
world backgammon championship — annual tournament held since 1967, won by players like falafel karacostas and bill robertie
monte carlo backgammon open — prestigious european tournament established in the 1970s, draws top international players yearly