![Gerrit van Honthorst - The Backgammon Game [1624]](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8588/16536407799_ce3f06a1cc_o.jpg)
Backgammon is one of the oldest board games for two players, approximately 5,000 years ago to the present day. The playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice, and a player wins by removing all of his pieces from the board before his opponent. Backgammon is a member of the tables family, one of the oldest classes of board games in the world.
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