backgamon board

[weisyboy]

i am going to make a game set for my brother.

he wants a chess board on one side of the lid and a backgamon board on the other.

my queston is what angles are the wedges on a backgammon board and how many are there on each half and are they alternating colors or random?

also how many squares are there on a chess board?

i know this may sound dumb but i dont have a chess or backgamon board here and i didnt take any notice of that sort of thing while playing.

as for timbers i was thinking bloodwood or swamp mahogany and tallowwood or spottygum.

[echnidna]

have a look here or here

[funkychicken]

A chess board is 8x8 = 64 squares

[Ray153]

Carl,
there are 12 light and 12 dark spikes on a backgammon board. I made mine with Huon and Blackwood veneers and they are 35mm wide at the base and 160mm long. Don't forget the 15 discs you need of each colour either.
You can see more pics at this thread http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...801#post459801

[weisyboy]

are the width and length of teh splines important or is it just what looks good?

how many disks fit on each spline?

nice job ray

[SAISAY]

Found this on the net:

The best approach is to buy your checkers first.  Get the 1 3/4" diameter
size as this is the standard tournament size.  Then build the dimensions of
the board around the checkers.  6 checkers fit neatly with a little play
across each quadrant.  Leave just enough room for 12 checkers on opposing
pips (like there are 6 on each midpoint).  The pips on the board should
just show a little bit if you have 5 checkers on a point.  There seems to
be some standard that the rightmost pip on your side of the board is the
lighter color. Then build the trays on the sides to store the 30 checkers
in some nice way.  And the height of the board above the playing field
should be a little more than the height of two checkers stacked up, or more
if you are using very thin checkers.  You also might buy your dice cups
early on, and make a section of the tray hold the cubes when the board is
folded up.  And leave some storage for a few cubes.

Wolffie

[weisyboy]

i will be making the chips but that info is verry good.

[Ray153]

Carl,
At the start of the game, the most discs that are on the one spine is 5. It is the usual practice AFAIK to double stack if you have more than 5 on a spine, particularly towards the end of the game where you have all the discs in the one area of the board.

As for dimensions, my discs are 35mm diametre as that size looked good, I had stock that could be turned to that size and it wasn't going to be so large that it was going to be a two person job to lift the closed box around....