The artist Bernard Maquin created a once in a lifetime backgammon board consists of 2071.48 carats diamonds (of over 60,000 black, white and yellow diamonds) plus more than 6.77 kg gold and 150 gr silver. The making of the precious backgammon board took about 10,000 hours. The design of the backgammon set (which included white diamonds checkers) was inspired by Mesopotamian art. The backgammon game is believed to be originated in Mesopotamia (today’s Iraq). You can glance at photos of the backgammon board at Charles Hollander Collection website.

 On the other hand, you can surely afford making your own backgammon board using cheap, homey materials:

• How to make a miniature travel backgammon board using an empty box of mints and chopped pieces of magnets
• How to make a large-scale outdoor backgammon board using your sewing skills.

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