Backgammon kwi-Intanethi

Imbali ye-backgammon, owona mdlalo mdala webhodi eyaziwayo, yinto enomdla eyaqala phantse kwiminyaka engama-5 000 eyadlulayo eMesopotamiya. Iinguqu ezininzi zomdlalo zamkelwa zezinye iinkcubeko kwimbali ye-backgammon. Abembi bezinto zakudala bayaqhubeka nokufumana imidlalo emininzi efanayo kumabhodlo empucuko yakudala njengoko bejonga imbali ebangela umdla ye-backgammon.

Igama lokwenyani le-backgammon livela kwigama lesi-Welsh elithetha ‘umlo wee.’ Nangona kunjalo, imbali ye-backgammon ibonisa amagama ahlukeneyo kunye neenguqulelo. Ubukhosi kunye namakhoboka ase-Egypt nase-Girisi adlala umdlalo ofanayo obizwa ngokuba, ‘senat.’ AmaRoma atshintshe inani leedayisi ukusuka kwezimbini ukuya kwezintathu alibiza ngokuba yi ‘bac gamen’ okanye ‘umdlalo obuyayo.’ Ukusuka kwimpucuko yase-Roma, i-backgammon yathuthela e-Persia, apho yaphinda yadlalwa ngeedayisi ezimbini kumdlalo obizwa ngokuba yi ‘Takhteh Nard’ okanye ‘Idabi kwi Wood.’ Ngexesha leeMfazwe Zomnqamlezo, amajoni eAnglo Saxon kunye nabarhwebi badlala enye ingxelo ebizwa ngokuba ‘ziiTafile’ okanye ‘iThabula.’

Ukutyhubela imbali ye-backgammon, iCawe yazama amatyeli aliqela ukuwuthintela umdlalo, kodwa yahlala isilele. UKhadinali Woolsey, ngenkulungwane ye-16, wayalela ukuba zitshiswe zonke iibhodi, esithi umdlalo ‘bubudenge bukaSathana.’ Ukutshisa iibhodi kwakungancedi, nangona kunjalo, kuba naluphi na uhlobo lwebhodi lwalunokutsalwa kumhlaba okanye isanti kwaye ludlalwe ngamatye amancinci amancinci. Iidayisi zazihlala zenziwe ngezandla kwaye zincinci ngokwaneleyo ukuba zingafihlwa lula emntwini okanye zifihlwe kwikhaya lomntu. Ngapha koko, amaNgesi ayekrelekrele kakhulu kwaye agqiba kwelokuba afihle ibhodi ye-backgammon njengencwadi esongwayo. Umsebenzi wabo wobugcisa ocacileyo usabonakala kwibhodi esiyisebenzisayo namhlanje.

U-Edmund Hoyle, umbhali odumileyo kunye nomdlali wezemidlalo, wabhala imigaqo kunye nembali ye-backgammon phakathi kwiminyaka ye-1700. Iicolonists ezivela eNgilani zazisa i-backgammon emakhayeni abo eMelika, kunye nechess kunye neminye imidlalo yebhodi yala maxesha. Nangona umdlalo we-backgammon waphulukana nokuthandwa ngexesha lama-Victorian, waphinda wavela kwakhona kwaye wafumana amandla kwinkulungwane yama-20. Ngeli xesha, umvelisi ongaziwayo wayila ityhubhu ephindaphindayo, enika abadlali ithuba lokuphindaphinda ukubheja kwabo ngenani lekatyhubhu ephindwe kabini. Ewe kunjalo, iqhinga elithile kunye namava ayafuneka ngaphambi kokusebenzisa ityhubhu ephindwe kabini.

Iitonamenti, iincwadi, iimagazini, kunye neeklabhu ngoku ziyinxalenye yembali ye-backgammon. Ukungeniswa komdlalo kwi-intanethi kuye kwandisa ukuthandwa kwawo ngakumbi. I-Backgammon ngumdlalo okhawulezayo, ocel'umngeni, kunye nokonwabisa ubuchule kunye nethamsanqa.