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Nebraska Football Team Plays Backgammon on Road Trips, Ain’t That Cool?

Hey, all you rough and tough football fans out there who think just nerds play games like backgammon. Your own teams play…as a way to relax while on long trips to opponents fields. At least that’s what Nebraska Cornhusker players do. Some of them, anyway. From the ‘Husker site: Steve Glenn remembers when bus trips [...]

World’s Oldest Woman Plays Backgammon

Here’s the latest formula for attaining old age: drink vodka. And play backgammon. OK…so what’s my proof? Check this out. Although it’s not yet been confirmed, officials in Russia claim that a woman from the former Soviet Republic of Georgia is 130 years old making her the oldest person in the world. What’s her secret? [...]

Backgammon in 3-D, it’s Happening NOW, Online

It’s cool to think that my favorite game, backgammon, was played in some form about 5,000 years ago. May it go on for another 5,000. I’m sure it will. The developments in the first five thousand years of backgammon gave no inkling of that at the end of the twentieth century, backgammon stood on the [...]

Backgammon Around the World: Check This Out, How it’s Played in Turkey (Where it’s Called Gioul)

In Turkey, backgammon (a variant, actually) is called Gioul (not to be mistaken for the race in Stargate SG-1). Gioul originated in Turkey and is played throughout the Middle East. Here a single checker on a point forms a block. The unique feature of Gioul is the way doubles work. When a player rolls doubles, [...]

And So, You Ask, Why is Backgammon So Popular on the Internet? Let Us Count the Ways

Seriously. What are the chances that an ancient board game, thousands of years old would a) survive and b) become a popular (growing) internet game? For those of us who play and love backgammon, it’s not surprising at all. And yet online backgammon is now one of the fastest growing online games. Go figure. How [...]

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