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In Search of a 60-Piece Backgammon Variant

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:10:46 +0000

Two years after the finding of an ancient backgammon board in Iran's Burnt City, archeologists and historians are still searching for the rules of the backgammon variant, apparently played with 60 game pieces on a 20-slots board. A backgammon board found in 2007 at the archeological site &q...

Backgammon Frank is Back

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:25:27 +0000

Frank Backgammon, The Sammies' band leader has reported in his blog about his returning from his summer vacation and about the band's forthcoming shows. Backgammon has spent the last summer separated from the other band members, for the first time in several years, according to his report....

Former Backgammon Club Owner in a New Film

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:45:12 +0000

Former backgammon club owner and the founder of the Chippendales, Somen "Steve" Banerjee, will be the theme of Hollywood director Tony Scott's next film. The movie will focus on Banerjee's rise to the peaks of wealth as the owner of the first successful male-striptease net of clu...

See your Online Backgammon Opponent

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:36:07 +0100

New web service lets you watch your online backgammon opponents in real time. 6Rounds, founded by GixOO, strives to serve as a "live meeting point" and "to make online meetings fun again", enabling users of variant internet applications – from online games to social network...

Oldest Chinese Backgammon Set on Display

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:20:31 +0100

The oldest Chinese backgammon set is currently displayed at the Liaoning Provincial Museum in downtown Shenyang, along with other archeological findings from different periods in China's rich history, the oldest one being 280,000 old woman skeletal remains and the newest ones are works of calli...

It is not a Bomb it is a Backgammon Set

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:55:07 +0100

A backgammon suitcase found near the sheriff's office in Boynton Beach, Florida was mistakenly suspected as containing explosive materials, causing mayhem in the small Palm Beach County city. Ocean Inlet Park was emptied out of its visitors and the goers of the nearby beach were unable to get b...

WSOB Online Backgammon Platform Revealed

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:34:08 +0100

The World Series of Backgammon has revealed the mysterious operator behind its new, not yet launched, online backgammon platform. According to recent publication, the prestigious backgammon tour is collaborating with Jadestone Network, the online game developer from Sweden, which is responsible for ...

WSOB adds Team Backgammon Event Reduces Entry Fees

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:20:45 +0100

The World Series of Backgammon (WSOB) will be launching the Team World Cup, an international backgammon team event, in the upcoming opening stop of the tour's third season, scheduled to begin on Tuesday, July 21st at the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes, the French Riviera. The WSOB organizers have ...

First Riga Backgammon Tournament

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:36:58 +0100

Riga has finally joined the rest of Europe's capital cities by organizing its first major backgammon tournament. The event, organized by the Latvian Association for Development of Sports consisted of two backgammon tournaments, long and short, and featured about 40 participants, most of them st...

US Backgammon Champion is a Queen

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:25:52 +0100

Carol Joy Cole of Flint, Michigan was crowned the first ever US Backgammon Open Champion. The veteran backgammon player, better known as "the queen of backgammon", had defeated California man and former World Backgammon Champion Joe Russell at the final of the US Open backgammon championsh...

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