Random: Anyone play Backgammon anymore?
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I played today, first time in a couple years. My wife challenged me.
I used to play all the time lots of years ago.
Almost couldn't remember how to set them up.
Great game.
I used to play a guy lots younger than me, Tom, and couldn't beat him.
In a long set the better player wins.
pm me if you want to play.
let me know the website.
steven
I used to play all the time lots of years ago.
Almost couldn't remember how to set them up.
Great game.
I used to play a guy lots younger than me, Tom, and couldn't beat him.
In a long set the better player wins.
pm me if you want to play.
let me know the website.
steven
I grew up playing it & still love to; I play it online if I don't have anyone to play a game.
I am a backgammon fan and also live in southern california. PM me and
let's play. I like 1pocket and backgammon.
let's play. I like 1pocket and backgammon.
{Chuckles} I play very seldom these days. There was a time when myself, my wife, and our son all played, frequently. I read the March 1973 Playboy Magazine article on Backgammon and was off and running. I still have that issue. I own or have at least read, most of the major books on backgammon. I have a number of boards, one with a hand-held computer opponent. I had Gnu Backgammon on my computers for several years and still have a working copy of Snowie. I taught people where I worked to play and several people in the pool room I frequented. Only a few took to the game like I did. One guy played until he couldn't beat his wife and then quit. At work five or six of us played every lunch hour, five days a week. I played a lot on FIBS-First Internet Backgammon Server. The last time I played there, I played someone from Norway. Some time after moving to South Carolina I heard of a pretty large regional tournament in Atlanta and emailed for information but the club contact never got back to me.
Back in the late seventies/early eighties, Paul Thornley, the pool player from Canada came down to play in the New York State 9 Ball Championship and I talked to him about the game. He said it was still very popular in Canada and he actually sold boards out of his room. There were high stakes games there all the time.
At the first BC Open 9 Ball Tournament, I spoke to Mike Sigel because I heard that he played. He told me he'd quit playing. Lenny Loder to me he beat Mike for a bunch of money and Mike quit the same day.
I have a picture on my computer of a game in progress at, I think, the US Open. Billy Incardona plays, or used to, at any rate. Great game, one of the very best to gamble at, if you know how to use the doubling cube!! Without it, it's like kissing your sister
Back in the late seventies/early eighties, Paul Thornley, the pool player from Canada came down to play in the New York State 9 Ball Championship and I talked to him about the game. He said it was still very popular in Canada and he actually sold boards out of his room. There were high stakes games there all the time.
At the first BC Open 9 Ball Tournament, I spoke to Mike Sigel because I heard that he played. He told me he'd quit playing. Lenny Loder to me he beat Mike for a bunch of money and Mike quit the same day.
I have a picture on my computer of a game in progress at, I think, the US Open. Billy Incardona plays, or used to, at any rate. Great game, one of the very best to gamble at, if you know how to use the doubling cube!! Without it, it's like kissing your sister
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In pool terms, I was once an a level backgammon player. Great game but I don't see much of a connection with pool.
Seems like a 'gentleman's' game, that involves a friendly wager every now and again.
k: That's the way I always looked at it:grin:
{Chuckles} I play very seldom these days. There was a time when myself, my wife, and our son all played, frequently. I read the March 1973 Playboy Magazine article on Backgammon and was off and running. I still have that issue. I own or have at least read, most of the major books on backgammon. I have a number of boards, one with a hand-held computer opponent. I had Gnu Backgammon on my computers for several years and still have a working copy of Snowie. I taught people where I worked to play and several people in the pool room I frequented. Only a few took to the game like I did. One guy played until he couldn't beat his wife and then quit. At work five or six of us played every lunch hour, five days a week. I played a lot on FIBS-First Internet Backgammon Server. The last time I played there, I played someone from Norway. Some time after moving to South Carolina I heard of a pretty large regional tournament in Atlanta and emailed for information but the club contact never got back to me.
Back in the late seventies/early eighties, Paul Thornley, the pool player from Canada came down to play in the New York State 9 Ball Championship and I talked to him about the game. He said it was still very popular in Canada and he actually sold boards out of his room. There were high stakes games there all the time.
At the first BC Open 9 Ball Tournament, I spoke to Mike Sigel because I heard that he played. He told me he'd quit playing. Lenny Loder to me he beat Mike for a bunch of money and Mike quit the same day.
I have a picture on my computer of a game in progress at, I think, the US Open. Billy Incardona plays, or used to, at any rate. Great game, one of the very best to gamble at, if you know how to use the doubling cube!! Without it, it's like kissing your sister
Hey, I have that issue as well!
I'll have to read the article this weekend. I have a backgammon game on my phone but it's really easy to beat.Attachments
Backgammon nj for android is very good program! Bmore pool room called greenies had some big matches and strong backgammon players. But many years ago.
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The two games have similarities and some stark differences. I'm not sure most people would still consider pool a gentleman's game. To play backgammon at the higher levels, you have to be able to look several moves ahead and do some probability calculations in your head rather quickly.
I think backgammon has more in common with poker than it does with pool. I don't doubt that many pool players enjoy playing backgammon but that doesn't mean they play it at a high level.
I don't know how to play, can you teach me for say..... a dollar a game, using the doubling cube??
I think it's closer to poker than pool, pool players seem to like poker, so.....
I used to go to a pool room that had 4 rental backgammon tables.
There were a lot of good players in over the years, lots going on.
I was told by the owner that there was more total money gambled on those 4 tables than all the pool tables (20+) combined.
You know how when you walk in to a room and see a dozen people sweating a pool game very intently?
Same with the 'gammon tables.
Side bets galore.
Tom
I used to go to a pool room that had 4 rental backgammon tables.
There were a lot of good players in over the years, lots going on.
I was told by the owner that there was more total money gambled on those 4 tables than all the pool tables (20+) combined.
You know how when you walk in to a room and see a dozen people sweating a pool game very intently?
Same with the 'gammon tables.
Side bets galore.
Tom
I don't know how to play, can you teach me for say..... a dollar a game, using the doubling cube??
haha, okay the money i would lose to you in pool i could win back in backgammon? :embarrassed2:
Did I ever. Back in the 80's, at work, 3 of us use to play during our lunch hour. Loser had to donate $$$ to a pot. We built up a little over $300 and then took a trip into Boston. We had heard there was a place where you could go and drink freshly brewed beer. If I remember correctly it was call Commonwealth Brewery. It wasn't long after that, that breweries started up in Maine.
We also use to have tournaments where the prize was a bottle of Remy Martin - Napolean Cognac.
We also use to have tournaments where the prize was a bottle of Remy Martin - Napolean Cognac.
Could you see a doubling cube being used in a pool money match?
There is a pool game using a doubling cube, if I remember right. Might try googleing it. I've a print-out about it, I'll see if I can find it this afternoon.
I had it on my iPhone but recently deleted it, I have a ton of other games now
I still have one called iGammon on my phone. Gnu Backgammon and Snowie are/can be, very hard to beat but I don't think they've been digitized. They are great on the computer and can analyze games and probability odds.