The Palace Journal
Thousands of years old, backgammon combines the luck of the dice with a remarkably deep strategy. Discover why it remains so fascinating in our article backgammon, between deep strategy and a simple game of dice, then follow our guide to choosing your backgammon board. Then browse our collection of backgammon sets or explore other strategy board games.
Everything you need to know about backgammon in one guide: equipment, starting set-up, how a game unfolds, variants around the world, simple strategies and criteria for choosing a suitable wooden board.
Solid wood or leather, travel or tournament size, quality checkers and dice: here are all the criteria for choosing a backgammon board that will last, from entry-level to collector’s pieces.
