Round up friends and family to play House of Novelties Backgammon from Ridley’s Games! This is the ultimate test of strategy and intelligence (mixed with a little bit of luck!)

Keep your wits sharp as you play against the tumble of the dice while attempting to be the first player to remove all your pieces from the board. When you’re done, simply pack the 30 wooden counters, wooden dice, and instructions inside the folding wooden board until you’re ready to play again.

With a history that dates back nearly 5,000 years, backgammon is one of the most popular and widely played board games in the world. So, whether you’re a first-timer or a wise master, with this portable wooden set, you can take the classic game with you to find new competitors wherever you go.

Inside the suitcase-style folding wooden game board are 15 blue counters, 15 red counters, 2 blue dice, 2 red dice, and instructions. The game board measures 275 x 256 mm, and the outer box is 144 x 291 mm when closed making it the ideal size to tuck under your arm for a game at the park, your favorite cafe, or by the fireside.

At Ridley’s Games, we like to make Good Clean Fun that’s as kind to the planet as it can be, so this set is made using FSC paper and wood, and the packaging is made using recycled materials.

Ring in the holidays with crosswords! Celebrate the holiday season with this merry compilation of New York Times crossword puzzles. With a mix of challenge levels, this book is perfect for snuggling up under a warm blanket by the fireplace during your winter holiday staycation. Features: - 200 easy to hard New York Times crosswords - Fresh wordplay and contemporary clues - Puzzles edited by the #1 name in crosswords, Will Shortz

Part of an exciting series of sturdy, square-box 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles from Flame Tree, featuring powerful and popular works of art. This new jigsaw will satisfy your need for a challenge, with Angela Harding's Shooting Stars. This 1000 piece jigsaw is intended for adults and children over 13 years. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Finished Jigsaw size 735 x 510mm/29 x 20 ins. Includes an A4 poster for reference. Angela Harding is a fine art painter and illustrator based in Rutland, UK. She specialises in lino prints and her work is inspired by British birds and countryside.

Craving some puzzle time but always on the go? No problem! Just Take It With You! This Friday volume of the new Take It With You series features 200 difficult New York Times crossword puzzles. Each page is removable, so you can sit back and solve wherever you go. Features: - 200 challenging Friday puzzles - Perforated pages and convenient travel size - Edited by crossword legend Will Shortz

Develop your puzzle-solving skills with The New York Times Crosswords Over Easy. Easy puzzles are the best! They offer the intellectual challenge, vocabulary building, and sheer fun of solving, but won't have you tearing your hair out. Enjoy the thrill of filling in that last little box! Features: - 75 easy Times crosswords - Puzzles edited by crossword legend Will Shortz - Convenient, travel-size volume that is portable and affordable

It's always the best time for puzzles! Show off your skills any time or place! This collection of 100 New York Times Sunday crossword puzzles is convenient and entertaining. Edited by puzzlemaster Will Shortz, these Sunday puzzles are the undisputed star of crosswords. Features: - 100 themed New York Times Sunday crosswords - Portable packaging for solving on-the-go - Smart, fresh vocabulary, fun themes, and pop culture references

Why is playing games a universal human instinct?
Why did the same games evolve across wildly different civilisations?
And how can those games make your life happier, healthier and more fulfilled?

In this entertaining and thought-provoking look at games through the ages, Tim Clare explores the legal highs of a good dice roll, the thrills of a predatory race game and the tactile pleasures of the games that age with us through our lives to discover how, through play, we become fully ourselves.

From Roman anti-cheating devices to organised crime card syndicates, from Pokémon’s world domination to the combative domestic bonding ritual of Monopoly, The Game Changers explains why games are more popular now than ever, and how playing them helps us learn to be better losers, make smarter decisions and become more human.