| Backgammon could stake a good case for
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| | rules was not published until 1743, and
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| being our oldest known board game with a
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| | so printed materials for learning the
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| history going back at least five thousand
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| | game were absent. However, given the fact
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| years. The simplicity of the game and
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| | that most of the world's population was
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| hence the ease in which the backgammon
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| | illiterate, backgammon players included,
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| rules can be learned, is a key factor in
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| | the lack of books was not an issue.
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| the game's continual popularity. Although
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| | With the spread of literacy over the last
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| the backgammon game has developed a
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| | 150 years and the increasing amount of
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| number of variants in different regions
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| | leisure time, new possibilities for
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| around the world, the various versions
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| | learning backgammon opened up. Besides
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| share sufficient in common to allow
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| | the old method of sons learning from
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| players who learn how to play backgammon
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| | fathers, or learning by watching other
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| in one country, to be soon able to pick
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| | players, people began to write books
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| up the rules of the game in another part
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| | about backgammon. In addition, clubs at
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| of the world. Another important factor to
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| | school and at meeting places such as
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| take into account is the impact of
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| | popular cafes, starting to appear. These
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| backgammon gambling. Arguably even more
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| | provided many new opportunities for
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| than playing for fun, the draw of
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| | becoming acquainted with the game and
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| backgammon gambling has brought in many
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| | learning its strategy.
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| new recruits to the game over the
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| | Today, the introduction of backgammon
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| centuries and provided motivation for
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| | software for playing backgammon online
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| learning the rules well.
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| | harnesses the latest technology to bring
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| When the game first made its appearance
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| | the game to a new audience, as well as
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| on the scene of human leisure, one person
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| | broadening the playing possibilities for
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| taught another how to play by word of
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| | experienced players. Online backgammon
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| mouth, and by observing how experienced
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| | sites provide full information on the
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| players play backgammon. For most of the
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| | rules of the game, and they also offer
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| history of the game this will have been
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| | the chance of gaining valuable playing
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| the way new players were inducted. The
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| | experience against a sophisticated
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| early players might also have been taught
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| | backgammon computer. Wherever you are
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| how to make their own backgammon set.
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| | located, as long as you have access to
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| This would not have been such a difficult
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| | the Internet, you can login to one of
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| task since all the materials needed could
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| | these backgammon sites and in a short
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| be found locally, such as stones or
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| | while progress from a novice to an
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| pieces of pottery for the pieces, and a
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| | experienced player. There has never been
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| wooden board into which the divisions of
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| | a time in history when it has been easier
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| the backgammon board can be carved. The
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| | to learn how to play backgammon.
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| first codification of the backgammon
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