Buy Dal Negro Walnut Topina Backgammon Set

The Dal Negro Walnut Topina Backgammon Set is a beautiful quality 16 inch Backgammon set made from Walnut with a trademark wood-grain pattern lid.

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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.

The playing surface is made from Dal Negro's Topina material. This is a synthetic surface which is designed to have a similar "feel" and sound to a leather surface and additionally the disks should slide more smoothly than leather, in play. Click the image to the left to see a close-up.

Dice and backgammon pieces are stored in a soft material bag.

Topina playing surface
Walnut exterior with Cherrywood trim
35 mm Boxwood stones
4 standard dice, 1 doubling cube and 2 shakers
Bag for storage of dice and counters
Closed dimensions: 43.6 x 25 x 5cm - approx: 17" x 9¾" x 2"

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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.

Dal Negro Walnut Topina Backgammon

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The Origin of Backgammon