Backgammon TricTrac Puff 1974 Ravensburger

Backgammon TricTrac Puff 1974 Ravensburger.

• Producer: Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg
• Manufacturing date: 1974

Board game for two players.

Description
The special appeal of these closely related games has been proven time and again by a tradition of more than 4000 years. What the Egyptian Pharaohs once played is just as fascinating and alive today in the form of this game. Especially "Backgammon", the most modern variant, has found enthusiastic practitioners in many parts of the world; world championships are held annually.

Both players try, by making clever use of the numbers thrown with the dice, to get over 24 strikers on the board and play their stones. The players play in the opposite direction. They can hinder each other by blocking and hitting stones.

Including game rules in English.

Condition
This game is in a good vintage condition with normal traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Photos are part of the description.

Size

• Height: 3.5 cm.
• Length: 29.7 cm.
• Width: 29.7 cm.

Backgammon is one of the oldest known board games. Its history can be traced back nearly 5,000 years to archaeological discoveries in Mesopotamia, modern-day Iran. It is a two-player game where each player has fifteen pieces (checkers or men) that move between twenty-four triangles (points) according to the roll of two dice. The objective of the game is to be first to bear off, i.e. move all fifteen checkers off the board. Backgammon is a member of the tables family of games, one of the oldest classes of board games.

Backgammon involves a combination of strategy and luck (from rolling dice). While the dice may determine the outcome of a single game, the better player will accumulate the better record over a series of many games. With each roll of the dice, players must choose from numerous options for moving their checkers and anticipate possible counter-moves by the opponent. The optional use of a doubling cube allows players to raise the stakes during the game.

Like chess, backgammon has been studied with great interest by computer scientists. Owing to this research, backgammon software such as TD-Gammon has been developed that is capable of beating world-class human players.

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