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History of Backgammon - the game as we know it

Posted By: Rick Janowski
Date: Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 3:38 p.m.

In Response To: History of Backgammon - the game as we know it (DaveT)

You may be interested in the following link which traces the recognisable forerunners to modern backgammon back to India in 1130:

http://bckg.pagesperso-orange.fr/english/accueil.htm

However, I believe Iran also has a claim in inventing backgammon some centuries before.

Incidentally, the publication by Edmond Hoyle in 1743 (and included almost exactly in subsequesnt versions of Hoyles' Games through the 18th and 19th centruries) includes a match equity table. Moreover there is a section on recommended opening moves which distiquishes between games where gammons are active or otherwise. I believe Hoyle was in his 70s when he wrote the short treatise.

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• History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
  DaveT -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 2:35 p.m.
  • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
    Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 2:55 p.m.
    • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
      David Levy -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 3:25 p.m.
      • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
        Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 4:36 p.m.
        • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
          Jake Jacobs -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 5:40 p.m.
          • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
            Strato -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 7:07 p.m.
        • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
          Bob koca -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 6:19 p.m.
  • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
    Rick Janowski -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 3:38 p.m.
    • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
      rambiz -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 10:07 p.m.
  • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
    Chris Bray -- Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 10:50 a.m.
    • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
      Strato -- Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 12:53 p.m.
      • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
        Chris Bray -- Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 4:07 p.m.
        • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
          Jake Jacobs -- Thursday, 7 June 2012, at 3:36 p.m.
          • History of Backgammon - the game as we know it
            Chris Bray -- Friday, 8 June 2012, at 9:13 a.m.
  • Backgammon as we know it – Key Dates in its Development
    Rick Janowski -- Wednesday, 6 June 2012, at 11:19 p.m.