Practice Makes Perfect? Practice Your Backgammon Moves Online
I’ve been asked to write about playing backgammon online. And…what is the difference? Playing online vs. with a board. A real, not a virtual board. Well, duh… The only difference between Backgammon and Online Backgammon is that instead of sitting with a player face-to-face, you take a seat in front of your computer, without being [...]
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Posted on August 27, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Backgammon, Basics, news, online
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Backgammon Strategies: Factors Everyone Should Take into Account, Not Just Beginners
Look this ain’t no lecture. I love BG. It’s fun to play. I love to strategize (is that a word????) So it’s important to note the important factors that can make your game more competitive. Some of these are so simple. So forgive me for that, you more experienced players. A basic then: adopt a [...]
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Posted on August 11, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Backgammon, Basics, Strategy, online
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Backgammon 24/7; the Joys of Playing the Game Online. All You Need Do is Download
I’ve said it over and over again. It’s a brand new world online. Imagine how players, thousands of years ago, would react to those of us who can play backgammon online 24/7. They would literally freak out. Some history, now, is appropriate: The backgammon board game has been a firm favorite of all ages for [...]
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Posted on August 6, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Accessories, Backgammon, History, online
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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 [...]
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Posted on June 19, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Backgammon, Culture, History, online
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I take on Electronic (Online) Backgammon Programs
Seriously…. So I decided to take on my computer backgammon opponent. I have a chess program and my Mac killed me. Checkmate, checkmate, checkmate. Now, to backgammon, figuring I might have better luck. First, some background. BG, of course, is a board game played by two people. In electronic backgammon, one person can play against computer [...]
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Posted on June 9, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Backgammon, online
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