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Nard / long backgammon

Also known as Nard · Nardy

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Race of 15 pieces per side around a 24-point board using dice and parallel movement.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Uzbekistan.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of River Valleys and First Cities (about 3000 to 1000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Persia, Caucasus and Central Asia.

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