M Bonbon 🖖7h ago
From 8 years ago and in a relatively more stable time. “The streets are populated by old men playing backgammon. smushed into metal chairs. They act like they're the kings of the street and masters of their own fate... until their wives call them home.” #backgammon #oldmen #jerusalem
Aesdeef3d ago

As if I didn't have enough hobbies already, my brain decided I should give backgammon a go. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos yesterday, and today I installed GNU Backgammon, knowing it will wipe the floor with me. I put it in the tutor mode, and after being told my move was bad every time I looked at the hint and did what it said.

Then, on its 4th move, gnubg doubled, and the hint told me my position is already so bad I should give up this game 

#backgammon #gnubg

Show threadAdmiral BademeisterApr 26
... und jetzt gibts sogar noch eine Partie #Backgammon. Ob @firyar gegen dieses Team eine Chance hat? 😄
KIT-BibliothekApr 8

Lernpause mit Spielen verbinden?

An den Infotheken in der Bib am Campus Süd haben wir jetzt zusätzlich zu den Schachfiguren für die Tische im Cafeteriabereich auch komplette Schachspiele mit Brett und Backgammon-Spiele.

Sie können einfach abgeholt und in der Bibliothek benutzt weden.

#KITBibliothekSüd #Spiele #Games #Schach #Chess #Backgammon

FrancescoApr 1

Do you play backgammon, tabletop games, RPGs, any dice game? Or maybe just have an interest in randomness and statistics?
This article on precision dice and dice fairness might interest you (or your followers, boost if so)!

https://www.ariis.it/static/articles/fair-die/page.html

#backgammon #tabletop #rpg #boardgames #games #statistics #dice #tabletopgames

m bonbonMar 16
At "the backgammon" #backgammon
m bonbonMar 14
A meme wot I made about #backgammon. The text is from "The Backgammon Book" by Jacoby and Crawford. The quote is by Georges Mabardi.

"The perfect backgammoner? Why, every day on the terrasse of the Cafe Bellevue, overlooking the blue Mediterranean - in Alexandria, my home -- I have seen hundreds of perfect backgammoners, playing all day long.

From the cradle to the grave, Egyptians play backgammon, the game of the Great Pharaohs. They play well, they play rapidly, they play quietly; they smile, and talk a little and they never complain of their luck. They smoke their nargules and drink their cafe turc. They believe that "luck' is the just, the inevitable, reward of the skilfull."

Vanity Fair: Backgammon has been played in Egypt for 30 centuries! (A reference to Senet which is in the same family of race games as backgammon.)

(Photo of the backgammon players is not mine)
M SchommerFeb 25
@Erdrandbewohner
Ist das da ein #Backgammon neben dir?
SibachianFeb 22
Main question I get at work is, what game is best for 2? Well, it depends, for me, #7Wonders Duel or #Splendor Duel, but wife & I are divided on which is better. #Photograph is a trick-taking title that we currently enjoy too. #Crokinole & #Backgammon are another staple, & a #52card deck. &, shameless plug, my game #Crowns will be entering the national #gamedesign contest next month, recommended by one of the largest #boardgame stores, & I already have a publisher waiting for design and print :D
m bonbonJan 29
#backgammon #kubacafe #edinburghprintmakers