Dal Negro Leather Backgammon
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Dal Negro have been the world's leading supplier of premium quality gaming boxes including Backgammon sets since the nineteen-fifties. They are also the global specialist in playing cards with a history going back to the mid-eighteenth century.
Experienced Backgammon players often prefer a "quiet" board which usually means a leather or synthetic playing surface. The effect is to deaden the noise of dice and pieces on the board. This Backgammon set has a very high quality synthetic surface which many players prefer to leather because of its smoother, silkier feel. The outer case is made from real leather.
The Dal Negro Leather Backgammon case is one of the best production Backgammon sets that money can buy.
- Black Leather outer
- Silky smooth synthetic playing surface in contrasting black, white and greys.
- 44mm stones
- 4 standard dice, 1 doubling cube and 2 shakers
- 51.5 x 37 x 8cm closed - approx: 20¼" x 14½" x 3"
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The Origin of Backgammon
Backgammon-type games have been played for thousands of years in all parts of the world and certainly during the Egyptian, Greek and Roman eras. The game may derive from the ancient Egyptian game of Senat, which was played on a set of 3 x 12 points with 3 x 6 sided dice. Popular in a variety of forms throughout history, backgammon was probably originally brought to England by men returning from the Crusades.
Like many games played for money, it was unpopular with the authorities in England for centuries and it wasn't until the reign of Elizabeth I that laws prohibiting the "playing of Tables in licensed establishments" were abolished. In the early seventeenth century, backgammon underwent a revival and swept across Europe. Thenceforth, backgammon remained the popular game that we know today.
There are different opinions regarding the derivation. Some people believe it derives from 'Baec', meaning back and 'Gamen', which means game. Others believe that it might have been derived from 'Back', which means little and 'Gammon', meaning battle.
You can learn more about the history of backgammon from The Online Guide to Traditional Games.