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Backgammon news: Circus story without a safety net – Luton Today

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:59:04 +0000

Circus story without a safety net
Luton Today
OPIUM, acrobatics and backgammon – an interesting combination that would certainly make for a strange evening. And they're all part of a stunning new circus at the Hat Factory in Luton. Fortunately, audience members aren't required to take part in any …

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Model Backgammon and the Jacoby Rule

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:33:16 +0000

By Douglas Zare: Since backgammon bots play quite well, it is easy to assume that the theory of backgammon is almost complete. In fact, there are many fundamental questions which are still not settled. While the bots help, they are often not the most convenient tool.
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Backgammon news: Backgammon for Beginners at The Courtyard – Hereford Times

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:55:22 +0000

Backgammon for Beginners at The Courtyard
Hereford Times
The only thing that's certain is that he arrived with a single suitcase and a backgammon board. From this point, the story told in breathtaking acrobatics, music and words by SoandSo Circus becomes hazy. There is no certain narrative for the audience …

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Backgammon news: Backgammon NJ and FaceMe Backgammon for iPhone and iPad – Computerworld

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 09:36:42 +0000

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Backgammon NJ and FaceMe Backgammon for iPhone and iPad
Computerworld
By Kirk McElhearn Macworld – Backgammon is a board game that is perfectly suited to iOS devices. The shape of the board fits the iPhone and iPad, and the gameplay–rolling dice and moving pieces–is greatly simplified when you tap to perform these …
App Review: Roman Backgammon by eoz gamesTapscape

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Only 16

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:31:11 +0000

By Jake Jacobs: It seems my assumption, that the backgammon problems were similar enough that from the answers, and a bit of thought, all would be revealed, was wrong.
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Backgammon news: App Review: Roman Backgammon by eoz games – Tapscape

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:26:24 +0000

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App Review: Roman Backgammon by eoz games
Tapscape
But with Roman Backgammon, eoz may have their best game yet. Backgammon, for most younger people, is the game of our grandparents, something that we might have tried to play on a rainy day when there was literally nothing else to do, but ultimately …

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Backgammon news: Celebs aution themselves for charity – New York Daily News

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 05:27:12 +0000

New York Daily News

Celebs aution themselves for charity
New York Daily News
How about a game of backgammon against Woody Harrelson? It's all just a bid away in the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights' 5th Annual Spring Auction. The online auction, run through the Web auction house Charitybuzz, is open to all …

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Backgammon news: So & So circus comes to Taunton – This is The West Country

admin — Sat, 05 May 2012 15:07:09 +0000

So & So circus comes to Taunton
This is The West Country
THE award-winning So & So Circus is bringing a spectacular fusion of acrobatics, drama, live music and puppetry to the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre in Taunton with its new production, Backgammon for Beginners. It is November 1976.

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Are You Too Good to Double?

admin — Sat, 05 May 2012 04:08:06 +0000

By Mary Hickey: Knowing when to double is one of the hardest aspects of backgammon to learn. Some positions demand a cube with only a slight pull in your favor, but others call for waiting with a much larger advantage.
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Crash and Burn

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 03:14:35 +0000

By Steve Sax: When asked what the worst possible backgammon tournament result is my answer is “Crash and Burn”. That is when you get to the money round in every event and lose all of those matches.
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