Backgammon Pamhepo
Nhoroondo ye backgammon, yechinyakare inozivikanwa mutambo webhodhi, inonakidza iyo yakatanga makore anoda kusvika zviuru zvishanu apfuura muMesopotamia. Misiyano yakawanda yemutambo yakagamuchirwa nedzimwe tsika munhoroondo ye backgammon. Nyanzvi dzezvokuchera matongo dzinoenderera mberi nekuwana mimwe mitambo yakafanana mumatongo emarudzi ekare sezvavanotsvaga nhoroondo inokatyamadza yegigamoni.
Zita chairo regogammon rinobva pazwi reWales rinoreva ‘wee kurwa.’ Nekudaro, iyo nhoroondo ye backgammon inoratidza akawanda akasiyana mazita uye shanduro. Aristocracy uye nhapwa vagari veEjipitori neGirisi vakatamba mutambo wakafanana unonzi, ‘senat.’ Varoma vakachinja huwandu hwemadhii kubva maviri kusvika matatu uye vakaidaidza ‘bac gamen’ kana ‘back game.’ Kubva kubudiriro yevaRoma, backgammon yakatamira kuPersia, kwaitambiswa zvakare nemadhadha maviri mumutambo unonzi ‘Takhteh Nard’ kana ‘Hondo pahuni.’ Munguva yehondo dzehondo, masoja eAnglo Saxon nevatengesi vakatamba imwe vhezheni inonzi ‘Matafura’ kana ‘Tabula.’
Munhoroondo yese ye backgammon, Chechi yakaedza kanoverengeka kurambidza mutambo, asi yaigara ichitadza. Cardinal Woolsey, muzana ramakore regumi nematanhatu, akaraira kuti mabhodhi ese apiswe, achiti mutambo uyu ‘upenzi hwadhiyabhorosi.’ Kupisa mabhodhi kwaive kusingabatsiri, zvakadaro, nekuti chero mhando yebhodhi yaigona kudhonzwa muvhu kana jecha uye ichitambwa nematombo madiki. Mombe dzaiwanzoitwa nemaoko uye dzaive diki zvekuti dzaigona kuvanzwa pamunhu kana kuvanzwa mumba memumwe munhu. Zvakare, maChirungu aive nehungwaru uye vakasarudza kuviga backgammon board sebhuku rinopeta. Hunyanzvi hwavo hwekugadzira hunyanzvi huchiri kuoneka mubhodhi ratiri kushandisa nhasi.
Edmund Hoyle, munyori ane mukurumbira uye mutambi wemitambo, vakanyora mitemo uye nhoroondo ye backgammon pakati pema 1700. VaColonist vanobva kuEngland vakaunza backgammon kudzimba dzavo muAmerica, pamwe chete nechess uye mimwe mitambo yebhodhi yenguva. Kunyangwe mutambo we backgammon wakarasikirwa nemukurumbira munguva yeVictorian, wakakurumidza kuonekwazve uye ukawana simba muzana ramakumi maviri. Panguva ino, mugadziri asingazivikanwe akaronga iyo cube yakapetwa kaviri, iyo inopa vatambi mukana wekuwanza wager yavo yekutanga nemari iri pairi cube yakapetwa. Ehezve, rimwe zano uye ruzivo runodiwa usati washandisa iyo cube yakapetwa.
Mitambo, mabhuku, magazini, uye makirabhu izvozvi chikamu cheiyo nhoroondo ye backgammon. Kuunzwa kwemutambo paInternet kwakawedzera mukurumbira wayo kusvika padanho rakakura. Backgammon inomhanya-mhanya, inonetsa, uye inonakidza mutambo wehunyanzvi uye mhanza.