Director Of Marketing And Sales
Mindgammon Inc.
A more user-friendly game called Mindgammon is especially recommended for the beginner, and at the same time keep it a highly tactical game that would challenge the players’ intellect.” Innovations to board games are not new. Senet is considered to be the oldest board game. Hieroglyphics representing a Senet game date back to 3100 BC and variations of this game have been found in many Egyptian tombs, including a flawless board in King Tut’s. This game resembled the game we now know as “Backgammon”, with moves controlled by the roll of dice. Senet, over 3000 years, went through many changes – the Romans, Persians, the French and the Germans all contributed to the transformations. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest use of the word “backgammon” was documented in 1650, and most likely derived from “back” and Middle English “games” meaning game or play. The most recent development (until now) in Backgammon was the addition of the doubling cube in 1926-27. As the next step for further validation of their idea, the game was exhibited at the 2007 Toy Fair in New York, NY. This is what Jarrett Weintraub, Senior Writer Toy Fair 2007 Report. (INDEPTH. Game Review & Reports 2007, Volume 5, Issue 1.) had to say: “A simple variant on backgammon, but one that nonetheless looks like fun, and it’s certainly more original than a lot of other ‘original’ games we saw (“it’s Risk, but in space!”, “It’s Dominoes, but the pieces bend!”, “It’s Checkers, but…” Over the last year, Bailey and Hulsen have sought out the best manufacturing sources and laid the plans for marketing the game board via multiple channels including retail establishments and the Internet. The game is produced in built-to-last, high quality beech wood, Polymer, and in chipboard (MDF) to offer a more competitive priced game board. The retail prices for the game boards will range from $29.95 to $129.95 (US).
