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The Basics of Backgammon

If you are a fan of board games, and also like a little flutter, then Backgammon is a great choice of game. The game is a little bit like poker whereby it is a combination of both luck and strategic skill. So how do you play it? Here are some of the basics. The main [...]

Strategy Session: Establish Anchors in your Opponents Home Board

I am no backgammon expert, just a fanatical player…and lover of the game. But when I want to discuss strategy, I go to a friend who is a semi-pro. At least in my eyes. I asked him recently for some strategy tips: first thing he suggested was to try to establish anchors in your opponent’s [...]

In Bulgaria, Players Enjoy a Backgammon Variation Called “Tapa”

If you go to Bulgaria (an absolutely beautiful country….I was there about two years ago) you might want to play TAPA. Tapa? It’s a backgammon variation. The word itself means “bottle cap” and it’s an appropriate name because one player is looking to block out the other opponent’s pieces. The movement of the checkers and [...]

A Creative Artist Shows Off His Backgammon Board Design, and It’s Very, Very Cool

Let’s hear it for artist Dailey Crafton…backgammon board designer for this absolutely AWESOME board. Now, he says on his web site, he is designing the pieces. Can’t wait for that. One of the things I like to do on this site, besides the usual (everyone does this) HOW TO PLAY and STRATEGY posts, is to [...]

Celebrity Backgammon Players: “I Love BG” Says Rose McGowan, Starring in the Remake of Conan, The Barbarian

  Au Who doesn’t like Rose McGowan? She’s hot and a very cool actress. She’s 37 and has been in movies like The Doom Generation,Scream, and Jawbreaker.  Next up: the remake of Conan the Barbarian, out August 19. “I’m so impressed by how insane and magnificent I look in the film,” she says. “I was in prosthetics [...]

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