Exquisitely handcrafted portable game box. The inside is a backgammon set, outside makes a chess or checker board. Comes complete with wooden Backgammon (or checkers) pieces and pair of dice. Board surfaces are intarsia--intricately hand-detailed wood inlay similar to marquetry. (See detail photos.) Visit our Chess Sets department to shop for Chess pieces.
The evolution of Backgammon went through changes that contributed to the game as being played today. It was modernized in England in the seventeenth century and That’s when it was given the name Backgammon Today Backgammon made its way to becoming one of the most popular games in the world. Its most common name is backgammon but is called many other names in different cultures: Turkish – tavla Greek – tavli Arabic -tawla French – tric trac Hebrew – shesh- besh
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