Treat Yourself to a Leather Backgammon Set

Leather is symbolic of exoticism and an elegant and rich lifestyle to most of us. If you are one of those people that love the good things in life and enjoy playing backgammon, then a leather backgammon set is the ideal choice for you.

Over the past few decades, the branching of the gambling industry into the Internet has sparked a huge surge in popularity in most gambling games, most notably backgammon. Online backgammon has only reinforced the previously popular notion of backgammon being the most popular of all games of its kind for hundreds of years. Today, there are millions of people all across the world playing backgammon online.

This resurgence has also increased the interest of people playing the real board game. This is evident from the surge in sales of backgammon sets both in traditional as well as online stores. Also, with the spending power of people increasing over the years, more and more people are going in for the exquisite leather backgammon set nowadays. For many people, especially the professionals as well as the rich, it is about enjoying the best of both worlds playing in online tournaments and entertaining guests at home to a game of real backgammon on a quality backgammon set. This is nothing strange, because regardless of how much online backgammon offers you, the experience of playing on a classy leather backgammon set is something totally different.

Most backgammon sets from leather have a very elegant finish, complete with copper or brass latches and locks to give it an authoritatively elegant look. Many of these sets have boards stitched by hand and with a suede or leather finish. The extra finishing ensures that there is no loud noise when the dice hits the board, and is one of the main features of a good leather backgammon set.

If you are a professional player who has made some money playing backgammon online, one of the better ways to spend some of this money is to invest in a good backgammon set made of leather that you can show off to your friends, and also feel proud about.