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Summary: Backgammon games can be made simply out of cardboard with plastic pieces, or they can be more elaborate sets made from wooden boxes and high-quality game pieces. Understand backgammon game sets with information from a board game enthusiast in this free video on games.
Windy Challey has worked at Games of Berkeley for more than eight years. In that time, she has demonstrated and sold thousands of board, dice, role playing, miniature and puzzle games.read more
A board game is a game in which pieces are placed on, removed from or moved across a board. There are many different types and styles of board games, including those at the most basic level that that have no inherent theme, such as Checkers. There are also more complicated games with definite subjects, or even narratives, like Clue. Board games have been played in most cultures and societies throughout history, and some even pre-date literacy skill development in the earliest civilizations. In this free video series on games, a board game enthusiast discusses several board games, such as chess and backgammon. Discover the high-end varieties of boards, such as wood, leather, metal and glass, and find out what makes a quality set. Get tips on choosing poker chip sets, whether made out of plastic or clay, and even find out about travel versions of each of these games. Board games provide fun for the whole family, and they can also make great collector pieces.
"Hi, my name is Wendy Challey, from Games of Berkeley, and this is backgammon games. Backgammon games come in a variety of styles. The simplest is the one that's just a cardboard board, and it's played with checkers, as backgammon men, and the other side is usually a red and black checkerboard. You can often find a backgammon board on the back of a chess set. This is a wooden backgammon set, made for travel, with smaller men, backgammon men, with chess on the other side. Finally, you can get an exclusively for backgammon set. They come in small, medium and large sizes. This is about as large as they get. They come with large men. They're heavy and feel ivory like, usually made out of a big white plastic, and that's backgammon sets."
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