Folding: Solid Wood Leather Case Set

        Made from solid wood, walnut veneer, and rose veneer, this backgammon case features double inlay points made from oak and mahogany veneers. Backgammon set Includes 30 high quality polyesteric chips in multi color dark brown and tan, 4 dice, 1 doubling cube, 2 leather dice cups, and a velour bag for storing chips, dice, and cups. When closed measures 12 1/4" x 19" x 2 3/4". A stunning piece of craftsmanship - all hand made by Neroulia's highly skilled craftsmen!

        Backgammon is a game of luck and skill. It is played by two people with 15 checkers each on a board consisting of 24 spaces or points. The checkers are moved according to rolls of the dice. Each player tries to bring his own checkers home and bear them off before his opponent does, hitting and blocking the enemy checkers along the way.

        Backgammon has been around a long time, with origins dating back possibly 5000 years. The ancient Greeks played. So did the Romans. The game we know today was refined in England in the seventeenth century, which is also when it acquired the name backgammon. One significant innovation of the twentieth century was the addition of the doubling cube in the 1920s.