Laurence May writes…
At the start of 2015 I won an auction at my daughter’s school to play a 17pt backgammon match against Dicky Biddle and then to have my game analysed. Playing on the large board, learning the arcane etiquette and watching someone take the game seriously was exciting, and then, as Dicky tore my game to pieces, I knew I was hooked.
My obsessions don’t tend to last long; chess, piano, karate, guitar, poker have all come and gone but if anything, backgammon is slowly building. I used to play a lot of other board games but they all pale in comparison – backgammon distils strategy and luck into a fast paced game with simple rules and the chance to win right up to the final roll. Why play anything else?
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