February, 2017

The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part Two »

As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is going to

The Past of Backgammon – Today and Before »

Backgammon is the oldest game in history. Also known as the "wee battle," backgammon started in ancient Iraq approximately 5 millennia ago. For all that, Egyptians referred to backgammon as "Senat," which is a close form of the present game played today. Centuries ago, just people of influence, the ruling figures of aristocracy