Where to Buy Backgammon Game Sets

Backgammon can be a fun and exciting game for the whole family to enjoy. When choosing a Backgammon set to buy, you will want to shop from a place that gives you a variety of options in style, design and price.

Instructions

1. Go to Toys R’ Us. While you may not be able to find a really fancy or expensive backgammon game at a toy store, you will be able to find nice starter sets for an affordable price. They carry both basic sets with a fold out board and plastic pieces, as well as sets that come with a wooden or aluminum board that also can serve as a storage area for the game pieces when they are not in use. With an electronics department as well, Toys R’ Us can also be the place to find handheld video game versions of backgammon that can be played with alone or with another person.

2. Go to KB Toys. This is another national toy store chain that carries many different board games in stock. They offer a basic wooden version of backgammon that mimics the style of the original game boards. While KB Toys doesn’t offer as many different versions of backgammon as Toys R’ Us does, they do offer several options that aren’t found at the other toy store. Their “Deluxe Wooden Game Chest” contains backgammon as well as checkers, rummikub, cage bingo, wheel of fortune and chess. The “7-in-1 Mini Game Table” is another option that offers backgammon as well as several other games including cribbage, dominoes, poker dice and cards.

3. Go to Backgammonplus.com. For more hardcore enthusiasts of the game, this web store has sets of many different types and price ranges. Their standard sets come in storage cases made of wood, leatherette, or cork, and fold out into game boards. You can choose from a variety of colors and sizes, as well as how high end you want the products to be that make up your set. Backgammonplus.com also carries travel size gaming sets, as well as sets specifically designed for tournament level game play. Like KB Toys, they also offer “multi-game” sets that include backgammon as well as chess, Chinese checkers and dominoes.

4. Go to Gammonvillage.com. Another specialty store that caters mainly to backgammon enthusiasts, this web store carries game sets, accessories, books, and even computer software that can teach you how to play at a championship level. Their backgammon sets come in the standard wooden and leather cases, as well as in travel size and in “multi-game” sets. They also offer aluminum and table-top sets for those interested in something they can show off. And for those game players who really can’t get enough backgammon, and who are willing to spend a few hundred dollars, Gammonvillage.com offers backgammon tables. These are pieces of furniture with the backgammon board built right in to their surface. They come in several different sizes and styles, some include storage drawers and trays, and some are built for multiple games such as backgammon, chess and checkers.

5. Go to Boardgames.com. This web store attempts to suit the needs of all levels of backgammon players. They offer standard wooden, leather and suede sets, as well as a travel size version and basic sets by Pressman Toys and Imperial that come with a folding game boards and plastic pieces. Though they may not carry sets as fancy as those found at stores like Gammonvillage.com, they do carry enough of a variety of sets that just about anyone should find one to their liking. The World Map backgammon set comes in a case that has a map decorating its outside covers, while the Lizard Style set simulates an old fashioned Lizard skin suitcase.

Resources

• Toys R' Us
• KB Toys
• BackgammonPlus
• GammonVillage
• BoardGames