Bad'Gammon
Board Game
2015 (manufactured)
2015 (manufactured)
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This backgammon set is designed especially for children. It is made by the French company Les Jouets Libres using sustainable materials. It is designed to be portable - the playing board is the bag which carries the playing pieces and dice - and to appeal to children's imagination and creativity. The design motif uses the fable of the hare and the tortoise, 'slow and steady wins the race'. However it is marketed as a 'bad' game where hitting is allowed. This hitting is not of course physical towards humans but towards the playing pieces of one's opponent.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 37 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Title | Bad'Gammon (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Sewn cotton, printed paper and card, and turned wood |
| Brief description | Bad'Gammon backgammon set made in France by Les Jouet Libres in 2015 |
| Physical description | Cotton bag decorated in blue and orange. One side has a backgammon board and the other a stylised picture of a hare's head and a tortoise. There are 31 circular wooden playing pieces, 15 blue and 16 orange, and two plain wooden dice. The rules are printed in black, orange and blue on a one fold leaflet. The packaging consists of an inner cellophane wrapped piece of rectagular grey card, designed to hold the playing pieces, dice and rules, and an outer sleeve of card printed in the same colours, designed to hold the bag and inner packaging. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Summary | This backgammon set is designed especially for children. It is made by the French company Les Jouets Libres using sustainable materials. It is designed to be portable - the playing board is the bag which carries the playing pieces and dice - and to appeal to children's imagination and creativity. The design motif uses the fable of the hare and the tortoise, 'slow and steady wins the race'. However it is marketed as a 'bad' game where hitting is allowed. This hitting is not of course physical towards humans but towards the playing pieces of one's opponent. |
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| Accession number | B.66:1 to 37-2015 |
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| Record created | September 2, 2016 |
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