In late spring, while spending a long, rainy weekend at a friend’s mid-century home on the southern shore of Lake Michigan, I found myself—for the first time in years—engrossed in a game of backgammon ...

About 10,000 years ago, humans domesticated plants and animals. Some 5,000 years later, they developed a system of writing. And then, having accomplished that, they sat down to play backgammon. That's ...

April 1, 2008 - Backgammon Masters has invited the Guinness Gamer World Records to witness what should be world’s farthest Backgammon dice roll. The record-breaking event will take place during a ...

I don’t know about you, but I’m a big board game fan. But few board games are as innately aesthetically pleasing as backgammon; chess is a close second. So it’s perhaps not so surprising that many ...

Poker and Backgammon share many interesting similarities. In fact, many of the top poker pros, like Gus Hansen and Erik Seidel, played tournament Backgammon before the poker craze. With the advent of ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Backgammon has been around for thousands of years — Wikipedia clocks it at around 5,000 — and it is ...

Felt-lined briefcases lie open-faced, occupying every available surface at the A.R. Private Club, a small space in a strip mall near the Beverly Center. It’s after midnight and opposing players are ...

The dice rolled favourably for Saji Brazi, Nadal Ahmed, Lewis Zako and Nabeel Khaleel as they remained in contention for the Dh95,000 prize money in the inaugural UAE International backgammon ...