Backgammon Retro

Today, backgammon has a much more casual image than it had on the glamorous 70s. If now, the most suitable location for a backgammon game is the beach, the park or a local market in some exotic middle eastern town, back in the 1970s, backgammon games used to be played on yachts, casino hotels  or other luxurious sets. At least if you believe commercials... 

Check these Monte Carlo couple, playing an intense backgammon game in their tux 

Taken from backgammonsets' photos on Flickr.

Another example:

Playing backgammon on pantyhose ad from 1977. According to the 1970s conception,  gentlemen do not only prefer that certain brand of pantyhose, gentlemen prefer to play backgammon, not chess, or bridge or roulette. Backgammon.