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| Emmy's
Kitchen - Custom designed backgammon boards featuring wood
boards and pieces with custom wood burning. Submit a design idea
for a free estimate! |
| Backgammon
Humor - A wonderful approach to the delight and dismay of the
dice as well as many of the other vagaries of the cruelest game |
| 6-2
From the Bar - An article by frequent tournament participant Mary
Hickey. Mary's insightful analysis makes for great reading! |
| Jack
Kissane's Cluster Counting - A quick method for finding pip
count using reference positions |
| Match
Play Doubling Strategy - An online guide by Tom Keith |
| Janowski's
famous cube formulae - You can download the 38-page paper from this
link. Caution, this is for hardcore math nerds! |
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| A & K Backgammon Shop
- Online shop in Germany with a wide variety of BG supplies |
| The Ace Point Shop - Associated
with the Ace Point Club of NY. Good selection. |
| All-Pro Board Games - A
couple of sets including a nice leather one. |
| Ancient Games -
Wide variety of boards including Dal Negro |
| Art
Glass UK - Stained-glass backgammon boards. |
| Arthuria
- Handmade wooden backgammon boards from Russia. |
| Backgammon A La Carte
- Carol Joy Cole's shop. An excellent selection of
merchandise but no pictures. |
| Backgammon Express - Wide
variety of boards including Crisloid |
| The Backgammon Shop - Great
selection of all kinds of equipment. Very good and friendly
service. |
| BoardGames.com
- Wide variety of commercial sets |
| Board
Game Central - Mainly equipment but with links to other facets of the
game |
| Bottle Cap Board - A
wooden set using recycled bottle caps for pieces |
| Cambor
Professional Tournament Backgammon - Hardwood set with leather cups
and gold latches |
| Chess Forum - Leather,
vinyl, and wood boards |
| Chess Sets Gallery - Beautiful
Russian set, but page is only available in Russian |
| Columbus - Austrian
shop featuring two unusual and intricate board designs |
| Corrugated
Art
- Amazingly intricate board made from recycled cardboard uses
dollar coins as playing pieces. |
| Cross Stitch Boards - Patterns
for making your own board |
| David Levy - Beautiful
handcrafted hardwood boards |
| David Naylor - Incredible
handmade leather boards with wonderful illustrations. Worth a
look! |
| eBay - Searches
for "backgammon" usually come up with hundreds of items
ranging from the very rare to unusable |
| English Channel - Unique
backgammon/chess board combination |
| Estes
Leather - Single-piece leather boards with hand-tooled design |
| The Extraodinaire Plaza
- Extraordinary wood sets! |
| Game Daze - Lots
of commercial sets in every shape, color, size, and material |
| Games Imported - A
Michigan company with lots of interesting sets |
| Games Preserve - A
decent selection of various boards |
| Game Store Room - A
few sets including a metal-cased set! |
| Ghurka - A
decadent leather board from a leather company! |
| The Gloucester Tabulae Set
- An elegant wooden set modeled after the oldest known backgammon
set |
| Great
Hall Games - A small variety of different types of boards |
| Hector Saxe - Great
boards from a European casino supplier including animal print designs. |
| JWA Leather Art - Created
from beautifully hand-tooled tan and beige leather, this elegant
backgammon board is a show-stopper! Available in either 20"
or 22" size. |
| MainStreet - Hand-painted
board with retro look |
| Mall Domino - Many
commercial sets |
| Marble Board - A
board that uses marbles for the pieces |
| Masters Games - Oak
set with inlaid points |
| Neroulias - A
huge selection of wood briefcase-style boards |
| Pleasant
Times Industries - Magnetic chess/backgammon combination boards |
| PokerChest - A
good variety of commercial sets and accessories |
| Quilted Board - From
Curiosity Patterns. Pattern to quilt your own board. |
| RCR Terry - German
shop with a couple of nice boards. |
| Studio Anne Carlton - A
prestigious collection of backgammon sets made of matched leather-look
p.u. fabric with dark green suede velour interior. |
| Sudburry - All
of the hardwood and accessories to turn your needlework into a
backgammon board. |
| Svilo Boards - Top
quality boards made for luxury and durability with many colors to choose
from |
| Taki-Boards - Top
of the line handmade hardwood boards. Many options of colors and
materials |
| Tony Sinnett - Hand painted
board and paint your own board! |
| Trophy Games - Hardwood
Alaskan backgammon boards. The Wildlife Series includes cups made
from antlers or tusks! Truly unique and a must see! |
| Universal
Shopping - Beautiful mahogany sets. Several different styles. |
| Your Move Chess & Games
- Large selection of commercial boards |
| Zanazan - Handmade
set featuring aluminum pieces and storage drawers |
| Zavoral - Definitely
some of the finest leather boards around. Huge selection of custom
designs. |
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| Domestic
Leather - Beautiful leather drawstring bags perfect for holding dice
and cubes |
| Drover's
Supply - Leather cups made in a western theme |
| Game
Station - A wide variety of dice bags in several colors, materials,
and sizes |
| The
Game Store - A selection of dice bags in various colors |
| GameTableStore.com
- machine turned polished aluminum cups |
| Luckicup
- Casino-style cups available that are nicely padded and ribbed on the
interior |
| Old
West Cups - Genuine antique leather dice cups from America's Old
West. |
| Sonné - High quality cups made to create the ideal dice
action |
| Svilo Dice Cups - The
finest luxury leather dice cups since 1991. |
| Tim
Johnson - Hardwood dice cups |
| Viking
Drinking Horns - Dice cups made from animal horns and antlers! |
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| Amy Art - Unique
handmade glass boards and tables with glass pieces. Design your
own! |
| Chess Warehouse - 29-inch
high table made from rubberwood |
| Classic Craft - Hardwood
combination chess/backgammon table with storage in table for pieces |
| Courtyard Gallery - Stone
table with reversible top for backgammon or chess or a smooth surface |
| Cyberianet - Collection
of hardwood tables that convert to chess or backgammon |
| Danny Vegh's - Several
different styles using various materials and layouts. Good
variety. |
| Emerson et cie - Solid
wood table with inlaid chess board on which to put a backgammon board |
| The Franklin Mint - The
House of Fabergé Imperial 5 in 1 Game Table. Each game piece a
work of art, accented with gold, sterling silver or guilloche enamel. |
| French
Accents - Antique Louis XVI table
with removeable leather and felt top and storage drawers. Flame mahogany
finish. |
| Game Tables Plus - Hardwood
board exclusively for backgammon. The game board design is
achieved through a symphony of maple, cherry, mahogany, and black ebony
veneers. |
| Gasperetti - Cherry,
Bird's Eye Maple, Walnut & Mahogany. Push a button to lift top, flip
it over and there is a chess/checkerboard. Remove the top to reveal a
backgammon board. Dovetailed drawer for pads, pencils & pieces. |
| Georges Jaques - Octagonal
table in a rustic design with a tree trunk for a center post! |
| Hanapole Woodworking
- Several different styles of hardwood tables and boards |
| Handler Studio - Very
cool aluminum and leather table with attached swivel seats. Must
see! |
| Infinity Woodworks - This
black laminate table has rounded corners with dual-brushed aluminum
accent strips on its sides. The table can be converted into a game table
with a sandblasted, etched game board overlay for chess or backgammon. |
| Inlaid Art
- Amazingly inlayed multi-functions Game Table. The table’s
surface rotates and opens up to become a backgammon board, chess board,
or card table. It has a storage area under the surface to store all the
game pieces. |
| Jamar - An
Italian table of antique finished Worm Wood and matching frame.
Under the silk screened backgammon board is a fitted storage compartment
for playing pieces. |
| Jaime Perczek - Removable
top all in dyed shagreen (stingray skins) with natural seashell
inlays. Lovely pastel colors. |
| Light Furniture Company
- Very cool table that is made from glass and illuminated from
below. The table is available in a variety of finishes - choose
from our selection of woods, painted finish or if you prefer a stone
finish effect then select a colour from our range to compliment your
decor. |
| MacGregor - An
octagonal hardwood table with a unique design that distribute the four
tables of the backgammon board around the perimeter of the table. |
| Mainly Mosaics - Table
made from tile pieces creating an intricate mosaic with a backgammon
board in the middle. |
| Palm Springs Productions
- A couple of different designs. Tables are made from hardwoods and
finished with clear lacquer to show the natural wood's beauty. |
| Sonné Backgammon Tables
- Beautiful glass tables with a second surface to store the board |
| Universal Sport - Two
hardwood table styles. |
| Walker's - This
antique style game table features a detailed hand carved parquet top
with reversible inlaid wooden surface to play chess, checkers &
backgammon. Hand carved legs and bun feet. "Heirloom
Cherry" finish. |
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| Snowie
- Recognized and the strongest BG program. Available in several
different versions. |
| Jellyfish
- Probably the second-strongest BG program. Comes in a free
version! |
| Snowie
vs. Jellyfish - Recorded matches between the two bots.
Requires one or the other's software |
| Ariston
Backgammon - Free neural-net based program for Windows |
|
Backgammon
26K - This is a freeware Mac backgammon game, which features a
computer opponent! Small in size, because it's black & white; fast,
not sluggish. Operates smoothly on OS 6, 7, and 8. |
| Backgammon
2K - Macintosh shareware program featuring five different
computer opponents |
| Backgammon
Professional - Windows program with intermediate level ability |
| Backgammon
Tally - Electronic journal for recording all of your match
results |
| BGBlitz
- "The Swiss army knife of backgammon". Backgammon
software with a plethora of features |
| BGmrv
- Intermediate Windows program. Shareware. |
| Blowfish
- Match analyzer based on the GNU project |
| Bob's
Backgammon - NOT free Windows BG with 3-D interface |
| David's
Backgammon - Windows/Macintosh shareware program with speech
recognition! |
| GNU
backgammon for Windows - Championship level neural-net program |
| HC-Gammon
- Play on the web against a neural-net based system. Rather
tedious numeric interface, but playable on WebTV! |
| Monte
Carlo - Online position evaluator |
| Monte
Carlo Backgammon - A free 1-pt. version of the bot player on
FIBS |
| MVP
Backgammon - Windows program with intermediate level ability
with music and digitized speech |
| Quick
Backgammon - Small freeware program |
| Romar
Backgammon - Shareware Windows program that lets you play the
computer or over the Internet |
| Serious
Backgammon - Windows program with shareware version.
Includes seven variations and dice statistics. |
| Snowfish
- Backgammon playing software; play against the computer and it
evaluates your moves |
| StrongGammon
II - Shareware Windows program that offers the choice between
playing against a human opponent, the computer, or over a network |
| TachiAI
- Strongest neural-net software available for Macintosh computers (now
called BGBlitz) |
| TD-Gammon
- A neural-net based program for IBM OS/2 only! Expert level
though. |
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| Agushka
- Four skill levels with animation. 30-day evaluation. |
| Backgammon
3.1b - Choose from human/computer, human/human, or
computer/computer. Freeware! |
| Backgammon
Pro - Full-featured with 30-day evaluation. Can even play
Palm-to-Palm via infrared! |
| Handmark
Backgammon - |
| Intergame - A
challenging game of backgammon in full color! Features including
adjustable difficulty level, computer-computer play, and an
auto-bear-off feature. Shareware. |
| MegaGammon 3.0
- Color, human/computer only. Limited trial. |
| PocketGammon
- You can play man vs man, man vs Pilot
and Pilot vs Pilot. This is shareware. You can play 7 times until
you register. |
| Power
Media Backgammon - You may compete against four different
computer personalities, as well as play other people. Color. Demo
version available. |
| Purple
Software Backgammon - Color with different board layouts.
No shareware or demo. |
| Slapgammon
- Full-featured Palm BG game. Can record matches for analysis by
Snowie or Jellyfish. |
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| InterGame
Backgammon - Full-color. No other info available. |
| KSE
Backgammon - Full-color version with 15-day free trial. |
| PocketFriendly
Backgammon - (Also called AnyWerx)Now available for all Windows
platforms. Full-color. Limited feature version is free. |
| Morphene Mobile Phone Game - Compatible
with Nokia
7650, Nokia 3410, Siemens M50, Siemens MT50 |
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| Backgammon
Galore! - Tremendous amount of backgammon information including
an online glossary and a great database
of backgammon books. |
| Backgame.com
- "Tons of backgammon resources" generated by a mega-search
engine. |
| Backgammon
Portal - "Al Grater's Incredibly Useful" but sometimes
hard to navigate site. |
| Chicago
Point Backgammon Online - A very good portal to many BG resources
based on their newsletter.
Includes columns (or part of them, at least) from some notable
players. Extensive categorized link list. |
| Official
FIBS Web Page - Official home of the First Internet Backgammon Server |
| Gamer's
Cafe - Game portal with a few backgammon links |
| GamesForMoney.com
- "You can play Backgammon, Dominoes, Spades, Gin Rummy, Tonk and
more for real money or just for fun. All of the games
have 3D Graphics, Animation, and environments" |
| Gammon.com
- Is a central repository for backgammon related information, and
Patti's personal playground." |
| Gammoned.com
- BG clubs around the world. |
| Gammonitis
- Good British backgammon portal started by a company that provides
tournament organization and match recording. |
| Gammon
Village - An all-purpose backgammon portal that is available in several
languages. Some free content but much is by subscription. |
| McCool's
Backgammon Page - Portal with lots of links to other sites and
resources |
| Webby's Backgammon
Site - Backgammon quiz, links, and downloads.
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| The
WWW Backgammon Page - One of, if not the oldest BG resources on the net.
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| DailyGammon - Turn-based
system that requires no download. Free, and by using a computer
proxy players are able to move several times in a turn. |
| Gaim Tjat - Download
their client to play backgammon and other online games and puzzles. |
| GamesByEmail - Email-based
system where players move by sending email back and forth. Web
interface for when you are away from your email. |
| GamesGrid
- The first choice of the better players. Limited play as a guest,
$80 per year membership. |
| GameSite
2000 - Download software for 30-day free trial. |
| GamesPark - Free
play. No download required because it uses Shockwave. |
| Goldtoken - Turn-based
free system using any graphical browser including WebTV. |
| Infogettable.net - Java
turn-based free system that works from a browser. |
| Internet Backgammon - Shareware
program that lets two players play on the same computer or over any
TCP/IP connection. |
| It's Your Turn - Turn-based
system that requires no download. Free, but limited to one move
per turn. |
| MSN
Gaming Zone - Download client to play for free. Requires
.NET Passport. |
| NetGammon
- Download their client to play free or become a Premium member. |
| OnlineBandit - Download
their client to play backgammon and other online games and puzzles. |
| PBeM Server - An
email-based turn-based system. A very large selection of
games. Part of Gamerz.com |
| Playmaker
World - Administered by the WBF. Client required for free
or membership play. |
| Pogo.com - Free
play site run by Electronic Arts. Cash prizes. |
| puregammon - Turn
and email-based system. Features leagues that can be created by
players. |
| ShishBish BGBM - Email
based games with graphical interface. |
| Vinco
Online Games - Download Windows client. Free play or
$20/year Gold Membership. |
| WebGammon - Free
java-based game that is played via the web. Parlor concept. |
| Yahoo Games - Free
play on Yahoo's site along with dozen's of other games. Requires
free Yahoo registration. |
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| US
Backgammon Club Listing - From the Chicago Points web site. A
great clickable map to find active clubs all around the country. |
| Backgammon
Clubs Round the World - Worldwide listing. Part of
Gammoned.com |
| Ohio
State Backgammon Club - The Home Page of the backgammon club in northern
Ohio. They meet in Canton for monthly
tournaments. Also host of the Annual Ohio State Backgammon Tournament.
See Tournament
Results |
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Miami
Valley Backgammon - A newer club meeting in the Dayton, OH area! |
| Flint
Area Backgammon Club - The most comprehensive list of backgammon
tournaments anywhere! |
| Hoosier
Backgammon Club - In Indianapolis. Host of the Indiana Open each
Labor Day Weekend |
| Starting
Your own Club - Very good information now housed at Gammoned.com;
by Bill Davis |
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| Carol Joy
Cole's "Mark Your Calendar" - THE authoritative schedule for
backgammon tournaments in the U.S. and around the world. |
| American
Backgammon Tour - Complete stats for this and past years |
| Worldwide
Backgammon Federation - Listing of tournaments worldwide by the
hosts of many tournaments including the European Championships |
| International
Tournament Results - Also compiled by Carol Joy Cole |
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| U.S.
Backgammon Tournament Rules - The latest and greatest |
| Backgammon
Glossary - A good list of common and not-so-common BG terms.
Especially useful for the novice. |
| Backgammon
Strategy Forum - Discussion board for discussing plays, rules,
online issues, etc. |
| Doug
Zare's Articles - A Gammon Village columnist, this is a
collection of his mathematics-intensive articles |
| Expert
Matches - Matches between world-class players recorded and
analyzed by Snowie |
| Gammonline's
Quiz Problems - A set of eight multiple-choice problems.
Answers are graded with expert explanations. |
| The
Half-Crossover Pipcount - Another pip counting method by Douglas
Zare |
| Max
Friis Online - Lots of good information on strategy, opening
moves, doubling and chouettes |
| Michael
Crane's Pip Counting - Yet another method to calculate that
elusive number |
| Red
Top's Backgammon - Good information on strategy and game
play. Lots of information on MSN Zone by its top player |
| Sho
Sengoku's "Five Count" Pip Counting - A method for pip
counting using groups and a base of five. |
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| Active
Desktop Theme - Includes rotating wallpaper, screensaver, icons,
sounds, etc. Trial good for 7 days. Requires theme
management software. |
| Backgammon
Books - Gammoned.com has the most extensive collection of BG books
and reviews that I have seen. Reviews come from everyone from the
average player to experts. Salar
has an extensive list but with no reviews. |
| Backgammon
History - James Master's recounting of the history of backgammon
from its origins to modern day |
| Backgammon
Board'O'Matic - Online tool for generating images of board
positions including dice and doubling cube. Great for web or paper
articles. |
| Chouette
Calculator - Software or keeping track of scores and playing
order. Of course, it will require having a computer on-hand at the
chouette! |
| Chouette
Rules - By Max Friis, rules for playing backgammon with three or
more people. Includes sample score sheets. |
| GammOnLine
- Kit Woolsey's on-line backgammon magazine. Excellent content on
a subscription basis. |
| Leopard
Desktop Theme - Features leopards playing backgammon! |
| Martini
Glasses and Shaker - Glasses and shaker feature familiar backgammon
markings. Just the gift for that hard-to-beat opponent! |
| Monte
Carlo Backgammon - An online tool for evaluating doubles in a situation
you provide. |
| Monte
Carlo Font - Font for creating complete BG diagrams within a
document without using graphics! |
| Paul
Thiessan's DNA Wallpaper - One of may DNA representations, this one
uses dice for atoms hovering over a backgammon board. I use this
one myself! |
| Windows
Start/Stop screens - Sort of basic, but if you must have backgammon
ALL the time... |
| World's
Top 32 Players - Pictures of then from Gammoned.com and the WBF. |
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