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 give you a sense of the internationalism of the game…the variations.
And, in this case, the artistry that some game board designers have.
No one has asked me to promote this board.
Certainly not the designer.
But I was just so blown away, I can’t wait for him to finish Read more
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Posted on August 29, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Accessories, Backgammon
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Celebrity Backgammon Players: “I Love BG” Says Rose McGowan, Starring in the Remake of Conan, The Barbarian
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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 for five hours each day, from 2 until 7 in the morning. The whole experience was otherworldly and beautiful, and I really loved what was being created. It was nice to feel that way.”
But here is the crux of why I like her.
She LOVES to play backgammon.
Rather than party all night, she said, “I’d rather spend time at my friends’ houses playing Read more
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Posted on August 18, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Backgammon
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The two easiest skill games to learn
If you plan on taking skill games seriously and want to make extra money playing free online games, then you need to know more than just two games. You cannot continue on playing two games repeatedly as you’ll easily get bored or frustrated with the more experienced players winning always. Read more
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Posted on August 5, 2011 by Thomas | Filed Under Backgammon
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Backgammon for Your BlackBerry…Nice Integration Program Available Improves the Experience
I have a friend (well, more than one) with a BlackBerry and keeps on looking for a great (not good) Backgammon program. He likes Backgammon King.
A good program, but now it’s improved.
Try Backgammon King by Magmic Games, made for BlackBerry. It’s been around for a while, but not with the new BBM 6 integration. Very, very cool.
Magmic has a pretty good reputation. It has a great Texas Hold’em King Live Read more
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Posted on July 31, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Accessories, Backgammon, online
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Want to Learn How to Play Backgammon Online? Try Play65…for a Good Time (and Good Tutorials)
A friend the other day asked me if I knew of a site where she could learn how to play backgammon in an un-stressful, at her own pace.
I looked around.
I surfed the net.
I looked at books.
And then I went to Play65.
Bingo.
Or, should I say, gammon.
Go there. The site contains vast amounts of informaion regarding backgammon, a backgammon school Read more
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Posted on July 25, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Backgammon, Basics, news, online
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