Dal Negro Olympic Backgammon
Olympic Backgammon Set
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.
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The Dal Negro Olympic Backgammon Set is a large size, superb quality 21 inch competition Backgammon set. The box is made from Mahogany wood and features a quiet, rubber-coated surface.
- Solid Mahogany surround
- Quality rubber coated, synthetic playing surface
- Beautiful 4mm compound pieces in a fabric bag
- 4 standard dice, 1 doubling cube and 2 Eco-leather shakers
- Board does not fold
- 72 x 56 x 3 cm - approx: 28¼" x 22" x 1¼"
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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.