Backgammon Books

  Beginner's Book of Modern Backgammon
 
 
 

 
  AUTHOR: Ralph A. Bond
 
  YEAR: 1930
 
  EDITION: Third Printing (New Revised Edition)
 
  PUBLISHER: Sears Publishing Company, Inc.
 
  CITY: New York
 
  BINDING: Hardcover
 
  PAGES: 95
 
  SIZE: 16 cm high, 12 cm wide
 
  TRANSCRIP-
  TION:
http://www.bkgm.com/books/Bond/Transcription/
 
  CONTENTS:
   
The History of the Game
Object of the Game
List of Backgammon Terms
Equipment and Set-Up
Line of March
Playing the Game
Blocking
Blots
Hit or Taken Up and Re-entry
Making a Point
Builders
The Bar Point
Bearing Off
Doubling
Automatic Double
Doubling Cube
Scoring
Opening Plays: Double Aces; Double Twos; Double Threes; Double Fours; Double Fives; Double Sixes; Six and One; Six and Two; Six and Three; Six and Four; Six and Five; Five and One; Five and Two; Five and Three; Five and Four; Four and One; Four and Two; Four and Three; Three and One; Three and Two; Two and One
Side Prime
Chouette
Varying Strategy Plays: The Running Game; The Blocking Game; The Back Game; The Shut Out Game
Tables of Chance
Authorized Rules of Play
 
  BY THE SAME
  AUTHOR:
   A Primer on Modern Backgammon
Ralph A. Bond
1930: Bond Games, Chicago




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