Backgammon

E702097
abstract strategy game ancient game board game race game

Backgammon is an ancient two-player board game of strategy and chance in which players race their checkers around and off a board according to dice rolls.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Senet 1
The Backgammon Players 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract strategy game ⓘ
ancient game ⓘ
board game ⓘ
race game ⓘ
goal bear off all checkers before opponent ⓘ
hasEarliestKnownOrigins Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyConcept anchor ⓘ
bar ⓘ
blot ⓘ
cube action ⓘ
home board ⓘ
outer board ⓘ
pip count ⓘ
prime ⓘ
hasKnownVariants Acey-deucey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fevga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hypergammon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nackgammon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plakoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tavla NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableProgram GNU Backgammon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Snowie NERFINISHED ⓘ
TD-Gammon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNumberOfPlayers 2 ⓘ
hasOpeningSetup fixed ⓘ
hasOutcomeType backgammon ⓘ
gammon ⓘ
win ⓘ
hasPrimaryMechanic bearing off ⓘ
blocking ⓘ
dice rolling ⓘ
hitting ⓘ
racing ⓘ
hasRandomness high ⓘ
hasScoringUnit points ⓘ
hasStandardCheckerCountPerPlayer 15 ⓘ
hasStandardDiceCountPerPlayer 2 ⓘ
hasStandardDoublingCubeValues 16 ⓘ
2 ⓘ
32 ⓘ
4 ⓘ
64 ⓘ
8 ⓘ
hasTypicalGameLength 5 to 30 minutes ⓘ
hasWorldChampionship World Backgammon Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
involves probability ⓘ
risk management ⓘ
strategy ⓘ
tactics ⓘ
isAnalyzedBy computer programs ⓘ
isGoverningBody World Backgammon Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
isOftenPlayedFor match points ⓘ
money ⓘ
isPlayedOn 24-point board ⓘ
board with bar ⓘ
board with four quadrants ⓘ
isPlayedWith two six-sided dice per player ⓘ
isPopularIn Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
isRelatedTo Nard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senet NERFINISHED ⓘ
tables games ⓘ
movementDirection opposite directions for each player ⓘ
uses board ⓘ
checkers ⓘ
dice ⓘ
doubling cube ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Internet Backgammon → basedOn → Backgammon ⓘ
Senusret II → mother → Backgammon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senet
Theodoor Rombouts → notableWork → Backgammon ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Backgammon Players