Customer Reviews

Backgammon Games and Strategies

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I bought this on an impulse and found it rewarding. The two games (Plakoto, Moultezim) that the authors describe are indeed more complicated and challenging than regular backgammon, just like they promised.

The book covers also regular backgammon as played in the US, adequately, but not as thoroughly as other books. But if you want a change of pace, this is it!

This book is not actually a Backgammon book, at least not the way we intend Backgammon in Europe or in the US. The two brothers have decided to write about the various games played on the BG board which of course includes a section on the so called portes (doors) or backgammon in our understanding but is more specific on other games strategies. I found it extremely interesting!!

but now I play them and enjoy the new challenges, thanks to this book. They are definetely more complex to learn than normal Backgammon but more interesting, also, and skill usually wins over luck. I recommend this book highly for those growing tired of backgammon.

Though a chronic gambler, I am a newcomer to backgammon games. I found this book intructive and pleasant to read. Unlike another reviewer here, I thought the advice was sound, even the one warning of "streaks of bad luck". Anyone playing games of chance is painfully aware of that.
I especially enjoyed the section on Probability Theory and how it bears on the games.

This book claims there are actually three games played on a backgammon board and insists on calling the modern game "Hit."

It gives quite a bit of really bad advice in my opinion. Some of it is very bad "Pay attention to which way the dice are going that day." etc.

So much irritating stuff I really couldn't stomach the book at all.

-Dashro