About BagGames: Your Source for Travel Sized Board Games

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Costa Rica, 2003 – On a surf trip to Tamarindo, the evenings were the perfect downtime to play backgammon. The problem was we didn’t bring a game because no one wanted to lug around a full-sized board in our already stuffed backpacks. We could have brought along a backgammon travel game, but who really likes playing with those tiny little pieces on a miniature board anyway? We tried to buy one in town, but no one had even heard of backgammon, much less had one for sale. Our only option was to conjure up our own makeshift board. We found a small sign company to draw up the board per our description and used colones (Costa Rican currency) for the checkers. Why bring this up? Because one idea was if Tamarindo had a t-shirt shop, we could silkscreen a game board onto some cloth and play on it... Well, we never did find that t-shirt shop, but it was during that search that the seeds of BagGammon™ and BagGames™ started to grow, marking the beginning of BagGames history. After a couple of years of procrastination, false starts, and finally one GIANT leap, BagGammon™ evolved into what you have today. I’ve always wanted to start my own product company but never had the time, the money, or the nerve. Well, I guess at least I found that nerve. I do hope you enjoy it.

BagGames, LLC, owned and operated by DOTucts, LLC (pronounced - DOT–ukts) in Sarasota, Florida, was inspired by that all-too-familiar feeling of 'there’s got to be a better way.' You know the one—the persistent thought that many of us experience. Have you ever encountered a product in the market that you had an idea for years ago but never pursued? Now, someone else has turned that idea into a profitable venture. If so, you understand what we’re talking about. The travel sized games offered by BagGames™, specifically designed for Backgammon enthusiasts, were created by a University of Florida graduate who also spent two years at the United States Air Force Academy. Aside from those two years in Colorado Springs and a year in Vail, Colorado, the creator is a native Floridian, growing up in Stuart, Florida, and has called Sarasota home since 1993. This is a glimpse into the BagGames history and the passion behind our innovative Backgammon travel game.