The Games We Love: Throwing Doubles & RS Barcelona
Board games and friendly competition are as old as time. Some of the most fascinating pieces anthropologists uncover are the games our ancestors played to fill the hours and foster community and friendship. We see their creativity and notice the link between these ancient games and our current versions. A game like backgammon, for example, originated in Mesopotamia an estimated 5,000 years ago. Games like table tennis have roots in games well-documented as far back as the 1500s. Brands like Throwing Doubles and RS Barcelona have updated and modernized these timeless entertainments to create some of the most attractive and exciting gameboards and tables you’ll ever use in your modern home. These are the games we love from amazing brands we know you’ll love, too.
Throwing Doubles
Discovering Throwing Doubles was one of the best things that happened to us. This amazing luxury lifestyle brand redefined the art of play with beautifully handcrafted travel games. Designed and produced right here in the US, the collection centers on refined, genuine leather backgammon boards and elegant playing card sets that bring style to modern living and leisure.
Each piece is crafted from premium Italian leather with meticulous attention to detail. The sets roll up to easily slip into backpacks and suitcases as you jet around the world and relax on beaches. The California-based design studio ensured their travel backgammon mats offer portability without sacrificing quality. Travelers, design-lovers, and backgammon enthusiasts will adore these travel sets that transform the classic game into a contemporary essential.
RS Barcelona
RS Barcelona has been a part of the HORNE catalogue for years now and we can’t express how much we love their game tables. Deeply rooted in family, in the challenge of finding one’s passion, and the pursuit of a life well-lived, RS Barcelona tends to team up with luminaries of the design world—such as Antoni Pallejà Office and Rafael Rodríguez. Together these world-renowned designers and RS Barcelona break the metallurgical mold and create home entertainment products that inspire the realization of a simple mission: live intentionally and intensely.
Their collection includes Foosball tables, Ping Pong tables, and pool tables that redefine the games through superior design standards and clever use of materials that refine the form and function of each piece. The RS Barcelona tables combine modern furniture and game tables with sustainability in mind, and when you build tables designed to last decades rather than years, the environmental impact per use drops dramatically.
The Games We Love
Let’s talk about the games we love. Whether you’re dominating the field in foosball, running a ping pong championship among friends, or playing a game of backgammon on the beach, we have the perfect gaming experience for you and your friends.
RS MAX Foosball and Dining Table
Boldly embracing the experience of living in the moment, RS Barcelona crafts game room epicenters of friendly competition such as the RS4 Max Foosball and Dining Table. The iroko wood rounded legs and painted steel all-weather frame of the RS4 Foosball Table have been adapted to create RS4 Max. Gather up to eight players, live intensely, and let the competition heat up around the inspired design of the RS4 Max Foosball Table. And then, when the games are over, cover the RS Max with its tempered glass tabletop and enjoy a well-earned meal with up to 10 guests.
You And Me Ping Pong Table Wood
Featuring a high-pressure laminate tabletop and a frame that effortlessly combines iroko wood and steel, the You and Me Ping Pong Table demands friendly competition while exuding the genius of functional living. You and Me is ideal for outdoor enjoyment with sleek lines that effortlessly adapt to any environment and taste. When you’ve worked up a sweat, store the paddles and ping pong balls in the discrete side drawer, and easily convert the You and Me into a dining table with a sleek PVC cover. Pair the You and Me table with the You and Me benches and enjoy life – competing or dining – intensely.
Travel Backgammon Board
Handmade in Los Angeles, the Travel Backgammon Board—whether you love the St. Barth blue and tan or the vibrant red of the Monaco set—is a fantastic way to take the game you love wherever you go. Crafted from genuine Italian leather and carefully handstitched, each set includes a zipper pocket for the pieces and simple buckle to keep it all rolled and contained. These sets are truly designed with travel in mind, solving all the problems and inconveniences of traveling with small pieces and bulky boxes.
Leather Playing Card Set
Though they are known for backgammon, Throwing Doubles also produces an amazing playing card set. Using the same luxurious leather and handcrafted details, Throwing Doubles has crafted a refined case for playing cards that makes traveling in style easy and fun. The case comes with a custom card deck produced in the U.S. that can nestle into the soft suede interior of the case. The Leather Playing Card Set is perfect as a gift for anyone with wanderlust or just as a treat for yourself as you learn various card games.
Games Made with High-Quality Materials
At HORNE, we curate modern furniture and décor designed to elevate every part of your life. So it made perfect sense to include games made with high-quality materials in our collection so you can live all aspects of life with style. These games we love have survived centuries and millennia, so it seems right that we show them some love with a new look created from high-quality materials that keep them relevant and beautiful for generations to come.
Find beautiful, unique, and handcrafted games and game tables by browsing the Throwing Doubles and RS Barcelona collections at HORNE.
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