Getting a Leather Backgammon Set?

Are you shopping for your first backgammon set? Or perhaps you're a backgammon aficionado and would like to try a competition style backgammon set. When you look through different stores you'll find a wide variety of possible choices when trying to figure out a backgammon set that suits you. One option, if you're a really hard-core backgammon player is to go for a leather backgammon set.

Though at first, choosing a leather backgammon set can also become confusing, if you know what good options are there, it wouldn't be that much of a bother. Of course, the first thing you should consider when choosing a leather backgammon set is its size. Since you're going for a leather backgammon set, then we recommend that you stick with an competition size or standard size one. Don't be surprised that there'll be a few discrepancies in sizes but the competition leather backgammon set will be around 21 inches in size.

Leather backgammon sets are elegant and are pretty fancy to carry around, thus making them a good choice if you're the serious backgammon player who's out to beat everyone else. You may find leather backgammon sets that are rubber coated. That adds to the value and style of your backgammon set. Of course, to add to its appeal, your leather backgammon set will usually come with shakers that are also coated with the same material as your backgammon board. The dice and the doubling cube should be standard size. A good size for your checker pieces will have to be about four millimeters making them easy to handle.

The color of the leather backgammon set is a personal choice. You'll find a lot of these leather backgammon sets in black or burgundy. The playing surface should be smooth like silk making it easy to move checkers around across the backgammon board. And again, the color of the playing surface is an individual choice. Most leather backgammon sets will fold and will look like brief cases when closed. This kind of makes your leather backgammon set appear professional.

The elegant look of the leather backgammon set isn't just for show. Your leather set might look fancy but there is another reason for its slick look. Other than stand out as a cool piece to show off, a leather backgammon set's design is to function as a quiet backgammon board to play on. Since backgammon is a thinking game, the exterior and the design of a leather backgammon set deadens the usual clicks you hear from the pieces and from the dice.

The price of a leather backgammon set will usually vary depending on the quality of the set and the reputation of the manufacturer. You can find leather backgammon sets priced as low as 30 to 50 dollars but the really signature ones sell for an average $400.

Check these considerations when you're considering a leather backgammon set. A leather backgammon set is never a bad choice.