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Backgammon Advanced Strategies: Using the Doubling Cube

I know that for the better part of a year I’ve concentrated on beginner’s strategies, but I’ve received enough emails to know that there are advanced players reading this posting every week and they’ve said to me  — what about u? So here goes. Advanced strategies using the doubling cube. Beginners, bear with us. Although, [...]

Why Not Try the Blitz Strategy…Pretty Cool Way to Play, Say Experts

I gotta begin as I always do: I am no expert. I love backgammon. I play. I win. I lose. I’m a reporter. When I want to find out something, I go to the experts and let them tell me how to play…and then I tell you. Hence…. The blitz tactic. The idea is to [...]

Backgammon Rules: Bearing Off (What Could Be More Important?). The End Game

OK, now to the end game. In previous posts, we’ve talked about various aspects of the game…the rules, as it were. Now, you’ve played. And so we talk about the end game. Bearing off. Once a player has brought all his men into his home board, he can start bearing off. Men borne off the [...]

Skill vs. Luck in Backgammon; Is One More Important than the Other?

I’ve often been asked, is it more important in backgammon (or any game of chance) to be lucky or skillful? It’s not an easy one to answer. A key question is, how the heck can BG be a game of skill if so many of a player’s moves are governed by the roll of the [...]

Time-Honored Ways of Improving Your Backgammon Skills

Ok…over the past year we’ve talked about the history of the game and how to play it. This week, thought it might be interesting to look at how experts say you can IMPROVE your play. One problems with new players is their lack of confidence. Backgammon online is an attitude that is about competence. You [...]

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