Concept information
Preferred term
backgammon
Definition
- Backgammon is a two-player racing game of luck and strategy, a descendant of one of the oldest lineages of board games—the table game. The earliest examples of the table game, found in the royal tombs at Ur (Mesopotamia), date back to around 3000 b.c.e. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Backgammon]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/backgammon
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