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Title: O/T - BackGammon Post by: Tractor on October 25, 2005, 07:34:21 PM Can anyone recomend any websites to learn to play Backgammon ( not for money atm) ie playchips or similar?
My local poker club is having a BG tourny next month and hopefully a crash course online would get me to a level to play. Also any recomended reading material online would be a great help. and maybe any obvious advice that might help me. Cheers Tract Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: Wardonkey on October 25, 2005, 08:02:20 PM Pogo.com do backgammon and it has a ranking points system so you can measure your progress. Any beginners book will give you the basic strategies. It's a great game, enjoy it!
Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: jbsc7769 on October 25, 2005, 09:01:38 PM taking that one step further, are there any sites where you can play for real money?
Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: redsimon on October 25, 2005, 09:09:45 PM Games grid is one
Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: Nem on October 25, 2005, 09:10:56 PM I play at www.netgammon.com
It's free to play or you can pay a memebrship of £20 a year and then you play againts other members with a league point scoring system called "ELO". The membership way is the best way to improve your game and for competition purposes. Gammon Empire is the PartyPoker of online backgammon, you can play for money or you can play for play money. The graphics are not as good as netgammon, but Gammon Empire has many more players than any other site. Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: Ironside on October 25, 2005, 09:14:32 PM best bagammon site on net (http://www.backgammon4charity.org)
Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: Royal Flush on October 25, 2005, 09:26:34 PM Cheers Iron, saved me a post!
Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: AceofWands on October 25, 2005, 09:42:08 PM http://www.play65.com/
This is a money site just like poker http://www.netgammon.com/ You can play very quick practice games for free against the computer here. The one thing that would bother me playing for money online though is that the best Backgammon computer programs can play better than the best human players. Ac Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: AceofWands on October 25, 2005, 09:47:07 PM And a good beginners book is:
Starting Out in Backgammon by Paul Lamford They may have it at the library. Ac Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: Nem on October 25, 2005, 09:50:42 PM "The one thing that would bother me playing for money online though is that the best Backgammon computer programs can play better than the best human players"
I have to disagree, the best human backgammon players have an ELO rating on Netgammon of between 2100-2400, where as GNUBG and SNOWIE computers Netgammon ELO is only around 1900-2100 mark. Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: Wardonkey on October 25, 2005, 10:40:27 PM And what is a typical rating for an 'averagely good' player?
Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: Nem on October 25, 2005, 10:45:45 PM And what is a typical rating for an 'averagely good' player? I would say between 1700-1850. Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: boobookittyfcuk on October 26, 2005, 12:56:17 AM msn zone is good to start
im always playin on there Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: Bongo on October 26, 2005, 01:04:31 AM http://www.jellyfish-backgammon.com/download/
A free backgammon game where you can play against the computer. A good learning tool for a novice. Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: The Truth on October 26, 2005, 09:50:46 AM www.backgammon4charity.org of course 8)
Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: Robert HM on October 26, 2005, 10:28:36 AM Cheers Iron, saved me a post! Err not really :D Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: Karabiner on October 26, 2005, 12:13:37 PM http://www.jellyfish-backgammon.com/download/ A free backgammon game where you can play against the computer. A good learning tool for a novice. I can recommend jellyfish too, and the tutorial version which a friend gave me is excellent. Title: Re: O/T - BackGammon Post by: Tractor on October 27, 2005, 08:57:42 PM Thanks for all the replies...
Great game wish i had started playing it before now! |