Backgammon Reviews

Backgammon is one of those fantastic games that you can master quickly and show off your skill. I've been playing it since i was a little girl and it came as a surprise to me that not only had my partner never played it, he'd never heard of it! This makes me want to bring backgammon back into the spotlight for others to play and ...  Read the complete review

Backgammon is a board game that has been played in some form for possibly five thousand years, it was definitely played by the Ancient Greeks and the Romans. The game as it is played today is from 17th century England, and that is when it got the name backgammon. It is thought that the doubling cube was not introduced until the 1920's. ...  Read the complete review

THE HISTORY Though the history of Backgammon is incomplete, we do know that it is almost certainly one of the oldest games known to mankind. The oldest recognised source of Backgammon dates back almost 5 thousand years - however, it is thought that the current form of the game evolved sometime during the 10th century. In 1743, ...  Read the complete review

Backgammon is a great game. I am an intelligent kind of guy, I beat most of my family at backgammon when we play, and many of my friends. But I am useless at the game. Why? Because it is such a simple game that my Palm Pilot hand-held computer can beat me! Embarrassing I know, but this is the simple truth of the game. Whilst many ...  Read the complete review

I’m going to give a brief introduction to the game of backgammon, together with recommendations about which computer version to play (for free) and also how to start playing online. I find it a fascinating game and I love playing and also reading about it to learn new strategies for winning. The Internet has brought new life to backgammon ...  Read the complete review

Backgammon type games have existed for thousands of years, evidence of its existence during Greek and Roman times for example is common. However, the game did not actually come to Britain until after 1025, thought to have been brought to England by men returning from the Crusades. Unfortunatly, like a variety of games that were ...  Read the complete review

Have you ever played Backgammon? It really is ace. I was taught how to play in about 10 minutes on holiday about 5 years ago. Since then, I have been hooked. Its for 2 players and involves counters of 2 different colours (normally Black and White) and a board . The Board has 24 triangles on it with 12 of them facing the other 12 like ...  Read the complete review

Backgammon is one of those games that is easy enough to teach a child to play and yet is complex enough to allow truly good players. There is just enough randomness to allow a beginner to beat a good player, but this will not happen often. From a set position, players try to move their tiles around a semi-circular path into their home ...  Read the complete review

I love backgammon. It's simple, there's plenty of different tactics and there's a good balance between luck and skill. However, playing each game on it's own is too dice based for me. To smooth down the variance, use a doubling dice to allow for variances in luck. Each game then becomes not only a head to head challenge of the ...  Read the complete review

Backgammon, or sheshbesh as it's called in the middle east, is a beauty of a game. It's a mixture of skill and luck, without the nerdiness of chess. Backgammon boards are often found on the reverse side of chess and draughts boards, and you can use draughts or even coins as playing pieces, so it may not be necessary to go and buy ...  Read the complete review