Backgammon Books

  Backgammon
 
 
 

 
  AUTHOR: A. Howard Cady
 
  YEAR: 1895
 
  PUBLISHER: American Sports Publishing Co.
 
  BINDING: Hardcover
 
  PAGES: 43
 
  SIZE: 23 cm high, 14 cm wide
 
  CONTENTS:
   
Preface

Part I. In Its Varied and Primitive Stages

Part II. Description of the Game and General Instructions How to Play It
  English Backgammon
    The Implements
    The Technical Terms
    The Game
    Throwing
    Playing
    The Restrictions in Playing
    Hitting a Blot
    Bearing
  Tactics and General Instructions
    Table No. 1
    Table No. 2
    Calculation of Chances
  Laws of Backgammon
    Furnishing the Board
    Throwing
    Playing
    Bearing
  Problems Illustrating the Game
  Russian Backgammon
  Turkish Backgammon
  Opinions and Axioms

 
  COVER: A glance into the early history and descriptions of the pastime, in its varied and primitive forms, and a treatise of the game as it is played to-day




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