As products consistantly change and updated, Jaques Of London have introduced a luxurious range of Card and Linen board games to the Indoor Games  Section including  Backgammon

Tic-Tcc-Toe or Noughts and Crosses  as it is known now, is a very old game and a variant of this was played during the Roman times.

The superb very old Indoor Game of Tiddledy Winks is an old luxurious Traditional Game, invented by Jaques Of London over one hundred years ago.

Happy Families and Snap card games are two of the many popular games that have been invented by Jaques Of London over the last one hundred years.

The beautifully made Mahogany Cribbage Board, is a very popular Traditional game from Jaques Of London, played and enjoyed the world over the world.

The newly launched  8" Family Solitaire Set is a superb entry level solitaire set in the Jaques Of London Indoor Games range.

The Master 3D Noughts and Crosses game from Jaques of London is a beautifully handmade wooden 3D version of the popular doodle version played on paper.

The handmade  Master Bagatalle Board  is a beautiful mahogany bagatelle board from the Jaques Of London Indoor Games range,and is the entry level model.

The handmade  Master Bagatalle Board  is one of a superp range of beautifully made bagatel boards from the Jaques Of London Indoor Games  range,and is the entry level model.

The brand new 8" Family Solitaire Set is a quality affordable, wooden, entry level, solitaire set in the Jaques Of London Indoor Games range.

The fantastic  Shut The Box  range from Jaques of London,the games people, have the 53800 model as the entry level model, baize lined polished hardwood, the most popular in this section.

The luxurious Walnut Solitaire Board is a beautifully made game, top of the range of Solitaire Boards in the Jaques Of London Indoor Games Range.

 Happy Families and Snap card games were two of the many games that have been invented by Jaques Of London the oldest games makers in the world.

This luxurious 15" Walnut Solitaire Board is a must have item of pleasure, surpassing all  Solitaire Boards in the Jaques Of London comprehensive Indoor Games Range, as well as everywhere!

The very popular  Hit a Pin Bagatelle Board,wooden, with twenty steel ball bearings make this a very exciting Indoor Game.

The beautifully handmade 9" Mahogany Solitaire Board is a popular wooden game with families, from the Jaques Of London exquisit Indoor Games Range.

The Boston 7' American Pool Table,one of the many luxurious seven feet long Pool Tables from Jaques Of London is available as a freeplay or Coin-Operation Table.

The 3" Original Staunton Design Chess Set is the part of the superb  wooden box range of sets, which hold these beautifully made Chess Sets from Jaques Of London.

The Master 3D Noughts and Crosses game from Jaques of London is a beautifully made wooden 3D version of the popular version played on paper.

Jaques Of London have introduced a lovely wooden range of  Wooden Puzzles as part of the Indoor Games section, to test your mind!

The Luxurious  15" Black Walnut Solitaire Game  is a fantastic truely  luxurious addition to the Jaques Of London exquisit Indoor Games Range.

The Luxurious  12" Black Deluxe  Solitaire Game  is a superb 12" solitaire game, part to the Jaques Of London already exquisit Indoor Games Range.

The Luxurious  12" Black Walnut Solitaire Game  is a fantastic addition to the Jaques Of London exquisit Indoor Games Range.

The Luxuriously crafted 9" Black Walnut Solitaire Game  is a fabulous new addition to the Jaques Of London exquisit Indoor Games Range.

The beautifully manufactured 9" Mahogany Solitaire Board has been one of the best selling products from the Jaques Of London exquisit Indoor Games Range.

This fantastically manufactured Grand Mahogany Solitaire Board has always been a very popular, item from the Jaques Of London exquisit Indoor Games Range.

As the trends are ready to change or products updated, Jaques Of London have been at the forefront of this, introducting of a beautiful range of Card and Linen Board Games including 12" Draughts Set.

The Jaques Of London Wooden Puzzles are a welcome addition to the beautiful Indoor Games Range, as there are nine mesmurising games to chose from, the mind will be sorely tested!

The very popular Family Game of Original 17" Ludo game of  was invented by Jaques Of London, the oldest games makers in the world who have a range of origional designed games including  Ludo

The Exquisit luxury Walnut and Leather Double Nine Dominoes Set is a real treat to own, as the hand painted dominoes are so lovely in the hand to play with ensconsed in a beautifully made Walnut box.

This luxuriously manufactured Walnut Solitaire Board is an item of real destincton, surpassing all other Solitaire Boards in the Jaques Of London exquisit Indoor Games Range, as well as elsewhere!

Snap and Happy Families card games were two of the many games that were actually invented by the oldest games makers, Jaques Of London, well over one hundred years ago.

The Jaques of London Deluxe Crokinole Board is from a hundred year old design for families to enjoy!

The 9" Solitaire Indoor Game is part of a range in the Jaques Of London catalogue in which the wooden games are beautifully made from Mahogony.

The Hit a Pin Bagatelle Board is a quality made wooden board with twenty ball bearings to make this an extremely popular Indoor Game.

Order one of our wonderful Backgammon Sets today!

The perfect pub game!

Jaques Of London handmade Deluxe Games Compendium is an exquisit luxury Indoor Game , including many popular Jaques Family Games, such as Staunton chessmen, Happy Families and Snap, to name a few in a Mahogany cabinet.

A brilliant game for all the family!

Keep your cards perfect with our beautiful mahogany boxes

The Indoor Games of Snap and Happy Families were a family favourite in Victorian times, invented by Jaques Of London.

Bored of playing the same game over and over again? Try our games compendium for a new variety of games.

Desk looking bare? Fill space and your mind with our challenging puzzles.

This lovely dominoes set is presented in a gorgeous Black American Walnut presentation case.

A luxery wooden DAT set handmade by Jaques of London.

Tax your powers of problem solving with our range of puzzles.

Pit you wits against your opponant with this great game.

A lovely wooden home skittles set.

Why not invest in a beautiful indoor croquet set.

Fun sized quoits game.

This is a fun way of teaching children maths

Hand made from solid wood.

Top quality playing cards.

Poker Dice Set by Jaques London

Standard size solitaire set hand turned from solid Black American Walnut

Standard size solitaire set hand turned from solid Black American Walnut with a lovely polished finish. 

Lovely baize lined mahogany octagonal Dice Tray.

A standard size model of the Grand Regulation Bagatelle first introduced by Jaques and supplied to Queen Victoria.

Shuffleboard has almost gained cult status in parts of Scandinavia.

Lovely baize lined mahogany octagonal Dice Tray with components for many different games. 

The national game of China, Mah Jongg was introduced into England by Jaques in the 1920s and became a national craze. 

Shuffleboard has almost gained cult status in parts of Scandinavia.....

Our new competition size inlaid wooden backgammon set is hand crafted in solid timbers and has a beautiful polished oak exterior embellished with polished solid brass mounts. 

Grand Tower Dominoes by Jaques London.

Stunning Black American Walnut Solitaire board.

Mah Jongg was introduced into England by Jaques in the 1920s

A popular pub game for over 100 years.

A superb game for 2 players.

Traditional Nine pin quoits This is a reproduction of a game originally produced in the Victorian era.

3D Noughts and Crosses. Players take turns in marking squares on a 4 x 4 x 4 grid. The first player to get four squares in a row wins.

Great for Summer Fairs and Corporate Events too!

Deluxe Dominoes in a Walnut Case Don't delay order now.

Enjoy this new addition to the Jaques range.

This builds a tower up to 2 feet in height.

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Incredible cribbage boards and pegs handcrafted by Jaques.

Carpet Bowls are a miniaturised set of bowls designed to be played on the carpet in your home.

The famous English pub game in which players try to shove old English ha'penny coins up a board so that they fall between the horizontal lines.

New to Jaques, Order these amazing games now.

The Indoor Games Department would like to wish all thier customers a Very Happy New Year.

A new fun version of nine pin skittles geared towards children.

Jaques' Home Skittle set has Mahogany skittles and a Lignum Vitae ball.

Shut the box game features a baize-lined polished hardwood frame.

This Deluxe 17" Jaques Luxury board is hand crafted and hand made from the finest Mahogany

This wonderful 15 inch oak Backgammon set is the perfect gift this christmas.

This traditional 4ft shuffleboard game features a polished beech frame

Enjoy the game of Backgammon with this lovely 19 inch board.

The game of Bagatelle and is one of our favourite traditional games.

Beautiful Grand Tumble Tower, an ideal Gift for all.

The original version of this variant of the game called Hit-A-Pin Bagatelle.

This Jaques Backgammon set features inlaid points and boxwood playing pieces

Finest Trumps Bagatelle, By Jaques London

Lovingly hand painted with images of fireman.

Painted and turned by hand, these skittles based on traditional British policemen.

Lovingly hand painted with images of sailors.

A beautiful set of hand-turned solid wood skittles

Hurry and order these festive skittles while stocks last.

A new giant tower version of Giant Dominoes

Read on to find out more about shove halfpenny.

The famous English pub game by Jaques London

Great gift ideas for everyone.

The Jaques Edwardian Croquet Set is a miniature Edwardian period style indoor set.

This is a very sturdy table top football game

These beautifully hand painted skittles feature the images of sailors.

Although Quoits is a traditional lawn game, it can also be played indoors.

A traditional version of this ever-popular card game.

Snap is  a worldwide success.

This is a Quality turned solid Black American Walnut Wooden Solitaire board

Be one of the first to own one of our beautiful walnut games.

These beautiful Santa & Snowman Skittles have just arrived.

This is the old gambling game for as many players as you like.

A complete Bridge set from Jaques consisting of 2 packs of cards, bridge scoring block and pencils within a beautiful Walnut presentation case

A twin pack of our matte laminated cards in a Black Walnut box with solid silver furniture.

A solid mahogany framed dice tray compendium. Great for playing whilst you travel.

Keep a look out for our brand new range of Jaques Puzzles, in stock soon.

We are proud to present our luxurious version of the classic four in a row game

This Jaques set of bowls is designed to be played on the carpet in your home.

Festive Master Santa & Snowman Skittles Order in time for Christmas.

This game is based on an old pub game.

A grand version of this immensely popular game.

Our Outdoor Ludo Sets are great for playing at Christmas.

The Magnum outdoor Snakes and Ladders set is the ideal way to play this fun family game.

Another great game form Jaques London.  Children will love a set of quoits for Christmas.

Fun for children or a great diversion at dinner parties.

This sociable English game for all the family features a hardwood mahogany frame.

The old games are always the best.

This 18 inch Jaques Inlaid Chess Board is  beautifully made, an ideal Christmas gift.  Use your voucher online today.

New Family 8" Solitaire board, another exclusive from Jaques.

Introducing the Family Quoits game, just one product from our new Family range.

Our luxury set of Double Nine Dominoes is presented in a stunning Black Walnut case, the best you will find today.

Deluxe Score Four is our version of the fantastic two player game of strategy.Our best yet.

This game is based on an old pub game.

Santa And Snowman Skittles Christmas themed hand painted wooden skittles.

This premium Black Walnut cased, hand made set.

The original version of this variant of the game called Hit-A-Pin Bagatelle

This 19-inch folding wood backgammon board also offers quality, sleek styling and beautiful craftsmanship in a solid wood frame.

This fabulous compendium is hand built in polished mahogany, an ideal Christmas gift.

This stunnning compendium is hand built in polished mahogany cabinet with a 15 x 15 Inch double sided, decorated inlaid maple and walnut chess and backgammon board

Over the years I've become convinced that a good dice tray is almost an essential for any gaming this lovely dice tray compendium is simply the best on the market.

The type of quoits played on a cross with 5 pins was originally invented as a Victorian parlour game.

3D - Noughts and Crosses (Tic Tac Toe). You're "X" and you go first. Any straight line of 3 counts.

An exellent game to keep the children amused this Christmas.

Our 3D Score 4 set gives a new twist to the classic two player game of strategy and skill, with 64 beads and a wooden finish board.

This model, called Trumps Bagatelle is a variant originally published by Jaques during the Victorian era

Constructed from solid Black Walnut, with beautiful silver fittings and soft touch English leather pads for the legs.

The most commonly used design for chess pieces in the Book style Chess.

Perfect for all the family, this deluxe games compendium is a beautiful handmade piece which includes a plethora of family games.

The original version of this variant of the game called Hit-A-Pin Bagatelle, was first produced by Jaques, the oldest games company in the world.

Once the Giant Tumble Tower is built players take turns to remove blocks from the tower and put on the top. The objective is to build the tower as high as possible using only one hand and without making the tower tumble!

Scattles requires a throwing stick instead of balls, which ironically is how skittles was played 500 years ago.

Table top size table football for when space is at a premium.

Fun for all the family, Shove Halfpenny originated in taverns in the 15th century.

Wooden draughts in mahogany case by Jaques London.

Jaques of London Hand-built Mahogany Deluxe Games Compendium

This inlaid chess board is the perfect game board for chess pieces of quality.

Made in England by Jaques, the eminent chess manufacturer.

Lovingly hand painted with the images of traditional British policemen, these giant skittles from Jaques are handmade from the finest wood.

Fireman Skittles is a new fun version of nine pin skittles geared towards children.

These beautifully hand painted giant skittles feature the images of sailors and are perfect for children and indeed the whole family.

Royal Guard Skittles is a feisty new fun version of nine pin skittles.

You can play bowls on your carpet at home!

Shuffleboard, already hugely popular elsewhere in the world, is still new to Europe. It is truly a game for all ages and abilities.

This Shut the Box Compendium is an excellent way to teach numbers and mathematics.

An ideal education game for children of all ages, also lots of fun.

Shut the box is an easy game that can be played solitaire, with one opponent, or with as many players as you wish. 

Faithful to the original drawings of 1851 this set features well loved families.

This 19-inch folding wood backgammon board  offers qualityalong with sleek styling.

A luxury 15 inch backgammon set with solid mahogany frame and walnut & sycamore inlaid points.

Jaques Backgammon set features inlaid points and boxwood playing pieces. They are 15 inch (38cm) wide. Closed dimensions are approx. 15 x 9.5 x 2 inch.

This hand made travel backgammon set is a fantastic present for any player or beginner.

Order this Fabulous indoor Croquet set in time for Christmas for lots of family fun, use either on the carpet or maybe a pool or snooker table.

The Master Tumble Tower is a superb family game, order today in time for Christmas.

Jaques Grand Original Tumble Tower - This classic game is perfect for getting all your friends and family.

Made with the famed Jaques quality and craftsmanship.

The league table skittles baize' lined tray is made of solid polished mahogany with a special storage compartment for the nine heavy weight wooden skittles.

Who hasn't played Snakes and Ladders? A game from the past loved by young and old alike?

Learn numbers while playing this beautiful  game of Snakes and Ladders.

 Indoor Ludo 23 inch is ever popular, and this is a superb version of the childrens classic game.

Prepare for winter with a Jaques Wooden indoor game, a must for family fun this Christmas.

Happy Families is a traditional card game played in the UK.

Simple wooden version of shut the box game.

Shut the Box is a popular game which can be traced back to 19th century France and this phenomenal black walnut compendium is the perfect way to enjoy it.

Jaques Shut the Box Compendium. Shut the Box A straightforward version of Shut The Box with additional poker dice and cards

Jaques superb Black American Walnut Score Four is two player game of strategy and skill in which players take it in turn to drop the handmade wooden score four discs into a giant score four grid.

Jaque Score Four is two player game of strategy and skill in which players take it in turn to drop the handmade wooden score four discs into a giant score four grid.

This over-sized score 4 garden game is designed with a solid wood construction with 36 handmade wooden discs and brass fittings.

Deluxe Bagatelle Board: 57 x 28cm

Each individual deluxe bagatelle is beautifully constructed from traditional dark Mahogany with a luxurious green baize back and brassed pins.

This model, called Trumps Bagatelle is a variant originally published by Jaques during the Victorian era.

The Jaques family and Team of bagatelle board game makers craftsman and makers currently manufacture this lovely Ht a Pin Bagatelle Board.

This giant indoor Snakes and Ladders game makes an excellent game for all the family this Christmas.

Snakes and ladders, is a classic children's board game invented by Jaques London.

The first real evidence of the game can be traced back to the court of King Louis XIV

The game featured in several works of art from the time implying that the game was widely played and very much in fashion at the time.
The standard game fills the entire board with pegs except for the central hole.

This beautiful solitaire set is a  traditional classic board game.

Hand turned solid mahogany soiltaire board with set of hand finished marbles

History of DAT Hand crafted polished mahogany table and barrel polished

The league table skittles baize' lined tray is made of solid polished mahogany

Arriving soon in time for Christmas these gorgeous Santa and Snowman Skittles.

A beautiful set of hand-turned solid wood skittles from Jaques modelled on the British Royal Guard

Providing fun for all the family, these giant skittles are hand painted with the likenesses of firemen.

Lovingly hand painted with images of sailors, this skittles set is a beautiful piece and is ideal for all the family.

Chinese game for four persons by Jaques London.

Mahjong is a free solitaire game where the player is challenged to eliminate all pieces from the board.

Mahogany finish to the bagatelle frame and comes complete with brass finish bagatelle scoring pins.

Card suits and a new double trump features creates a new element of rapidly changing scores.

This gorgeous wooden Hit a Pin Bagatelle board is a Jaques family favourite.

Based on an original design as supplied to Queen Victoria over 100 years ago.

This beautiful 15” Chess and Backgammon set is a beautiful and compact example of our craftsmanship.

Inlaid decorative lift-out Chess and Backgammon boards. Combination of favourite traditional games

Classic Games Compendium from Jaques London

This 19 inch Backgammon board game set comes complete with hand turned wooden backgammon game board playing pieces.

Each fabulous Jaques backgammon set comes complete with hand turned wooden backgammon pieces.

A lovely deluxe travel backgammon set, a  classic stratigic game.

Jaques London Backgammon board  made with finest  inlay wooden backgammon

Mahjongg is a Chinese solitaire game. The object of the game is to remove all of the tiles from the board.

Shut the Box, also called Tric-Trac

If you are new to the sport and would like to find out how it is played then read on....

Jaques Black Walnut Solitaire Set. Solitaire’s a great game for all ages, but this set seems almost too good for youngsters!

Cribbage board is made from solid Oak with attractively coloured scoring pegs and a pack of playing cards, which can be stored inside the hinged board.

Mah Jongg is an ancient Chinese game that is now popular all over the world.

Yet another great Jaques of London product, based on the old English Fayre game of Hoop Ball

Trumps Bagatelle is a variant originally published by Jaques during the Victorian era

Manufactured by the prestigious English Games Company, Jaques London.

Jaques Luxury board is hand crafted and hand made from the finest Mahogany, and features the original design first produced by Jaques in Victorian times.

The famous English pub game in which players attempt to shove old English ha'penny coins up a board so that they fall between the horizontal lines. At first glance, it appears simple but you can bet your bottom farthing that the pub locals will beat you every time...

Jaques London are proud to announce the  Imminent arrival of the brand new Master Santa & Snowman Skittles Set.

Each set contains 6 Snowman skittles and 1 Santa skittle, beautifully packaged ideal as a stocking filler, suitable for all ages. 

Enjoy this beautiful version of the popular game now in 3D! 

A must for keeping the children entertained on these long dark evenings.

Keep an eye on our website as we are excited to announce the much awaited arrival of our Black American Walnut range.

Jaques have just launched their new Family Games Range.  At last a range to suite everyones budget.

When enjoying a drink it is tradition to while away the time with a pub game. This has the advantage of making both the conversation and the beer last longer, whilst providing entertainment, and a great way of meeting new people!

Prepare for winter fun with a Jaques Wooden indoor game, you will be spoilt for choice with our amazing product range.

Great party game, solid wooden dominoes, can help with numeracy skills for small children

Jaques Original Mahogany framed Snakes & Ladders board.

Available in two sizes 17" and 23"

Traditional Bagatelle board hand crafted by Jaques for over 100 years

Just when you thought those tables were merely used for dining and office purposes, think again. This might have been the idea behind tabletennis, a famous sport known nowadays. In 1890, a group of upper class Victorians played an after dinner entertainment activity, transforming everyday objects such as tables, books, champagne corks and cigar box lids into the Olympic game we now call as table tennis. The typical tabletennis tables were given a new face—as important sports equipment. Up to the present, more and more people are purchasing their own table tennis tables in order to play the sport.

These are some of the basic Rules and a bit of history of the ancient game Ludo.

Having worked out the basics of table football, there are all sorts of Foosball ambush shots to convenance and with which to affect opponents. Descriptions of the afterward ambush shots accept a 1-2-5-3 formation has allways worked for me in the past.

You should take a chance at backgammon for allyour family and freinds to play and have a great time with one another. Backgammon board games are fun and anyone can learn to play them.

The graet history of the snakes and ladders game goes back a long way but i have managed to fit it in nice and short.

Traditional pub games have always been a large part of life in a British inn. The British love a challenge and five hundred years ago there were no organized sports as such and so what better than to try and beat your fellow man at throwing something into something or racing something against something else !

These Jaques Luxury double nine dominoes game set is presented in a Luxury Walnut case with a high quality english leather base and lid lining, makes it luxury.

wooden Backgammon in Our Online Shop

Our original Snakes & Ladders invented by Jaques during the early 1800s.

For many backgammon players, it's easy to forget how to set up the board. Follow these comprenhesive game instructions and you'll have setting uop the board mastered .

Backgammon Rules
Backgammon is an exciting game , which blends luck and skill together. A wonderful game, which has been played for many centuries and will be played for many more years all around the world. So how do you play backgammon? What are the basic needs of Backgammon game? And what are the main rules of this great game? Read on to learn about backgammon rules and the game secrets and basic moves.

At the Jaques factory  we Make 4 Indoor versions of the handmade Backgammon set
At the top end of the range is Luxury the new 19″ Oak , the ultimate Board.

Instructions for Playing Backgammon

The Rules are Simple and if you’re playing with friends or playing at an tournament, the rules are basically the same.

Each of the two players has fifteen pieces that they are trying to remove from the board.
Boards have two main sections, divided by a bar. Each triangle on the board is called a point, and it represents a place on which a piece can rest. The Backgammon indoor game points are like the spaces in other games such as chess.
Since Pieces move both on the near points and on the far points on each side of the bar, the board is actually divided into quarters.

Playing Backgammon games.

At the Jaques backgammon factory  we Make 4 Indoor versions of the handmade Backgammon set
At the top end of the range is Luxury the new 19″ Oak backgammon, the ultimate backgammon  Board.

In 1895, Stewart Culin, an American anthropologist, wrote a paper in which mahjong was mentioned.
Shortly after this Jaques imported the first Mah Jongg Sets for sale in the UK

This is the first known written account of mahjong in any language other than Chinese. By 1910, there were written accounts in many languages, including French and Japanese. In 1920, Abercrombie & Fitch became the first-ever American brand to introduce the game. It became a success in New York, and the owner of the company, Ezra Fitch, sent emissaries to Chinese villages to buy every set of mahjong they could find. Abercrombie & Fitch sold a total of 12,000 sets. slightly more than Jaques of London

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