Backgammon

by | Sep 13, 2025 | GWSA, Programs

WHEN:  Wednesday (coming in October)

TIME: 1:00pm – 4:00pm

WHERE:  Evergreen Center

 

Played by leaders of ancient civilisations in Greece, Rome, Persia and the Far East, there are few games that are as old as backgammon that are still being enjoyed today. Believed to date back 5,000 years, archaeological discoveries in ancient Mesopotamia — modern-day Iraq — in the 1920s gave the world a tantalising glimpse of the game’s potential origin. While the exact birthplace of backgammon continues to be hotly debated, there is evidence that the Egyptians, Sumerians and Persians all played something resembling backgammon as we know it.

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.”    George Bernard Shaw

 
This is a great way to make new friends and really “Take Advantage of Your Seniority”
Backgammon has no annual fee, simply donate $2 per visit.  
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