Follow These Links to Other Great Sites
General Backgammon Sites
- rec.games.backgammon : Usenet newsgroup devoted to the game. This is a good place to debate positions, ask questions, and discuss the game with other players around the world.
- Backgammon Galore! : Contains a multitude of free content including basic rules, articles on advanced strategy and position analysis, a comprehensive glossary, and much more.
- Gammon Village : Another good all around site. Here you’ll find news and interviews, articles and columns, newsletters and forums, and a store. Most content requires a subscription fee.
- GammonLife : The new site of Michael Strato, former editor of Gammon Village and organizer of the first $1 million backgammon tournament ever played. Our own Frank Frigo is an occasional contributor to the site.
Books and Equipment
- Amazon : This link will take you directly to amazon.com’s backgammon books category.
- The Louisville Game Shop : Colin Moore’s shop at 925 Baxter Ave. is your local equipment source and maybe the only place in town to pick up a quick pair of precision dice.
- Backgammon a la Carte : Carol Joy Cole in Flint offers many hard-to-find books and great equipment.
- Taki-Boards : These beautifully handcrafted boards by Tak Morioka of Chicago Point are favorites of many of our players.
- Backgammon Plus : If you can’t afford (or don’t feel like you’ve earned) a Taki board, this site offers more budget priced equipment including an $80 21" board.
Software Applications
- gnubg : Open source neural network program great for learning the game as well as performing rollouts and analysing positions. Cross-platform. Free.
- Snowie : Sophisticated neural net application for conducting rollouts and computer-aided positional analysis. Microsoft Windows only. $380 Professional / $100 Student.
- JellyFish : Another popular Windows backgammon application with a variety of pricing/package options.
Places to Play Online
- FIBS : The Internet’s first backgammon server, founded in 1992. Offers a wide variety of connection methods.
- GamesGrid : Play for fun or for money.
- Play65 : Another popular client-based site like GamesGrid.
- MSN Backgammon : Play here without installing a local client, but unfortunately it requires Internet Explorer for Windows.
- Yahoo! Games Backgammon : Java-based web play.
- PlaySite : Another Java-based system.