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Backgammon Books
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Win at Backgammon
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AUTHOR:
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Peter Crandall
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YEAR:
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1976 (1930)
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PUBLISHER:
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Coles Publishing Company Limited
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CITY:
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Toronto
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BINDING:
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Softcover
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PAGES:
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104
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SIZE:
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18 cm high, 11 cm wide
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EDITIONS:
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The New Backgammon, 1930
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TION:
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http://www.bkgm.com/books/Boyden/Transcription/
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DESCRIPTION:
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This is a reprint of The New Backgammon by Elizabeth Clark Boyden, though there is no acknowledgment of Boyden's work.
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CONTENTS:
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1. The History of Backgammon
2. Equipment
3. Description of the Game: Setting up the Table; Object of the Game; Throw of the Dice; Method of Moving the Counters; Blocked Points; Blots; Bearing Off the Men
4. Doubles: Automatic Doubles; The Optional Double; General Advice on Doubling
5. Chouette
6. Scoring: Scoring by Games; Scoring by Checkers; Scoring by Combination of Games and Checkers
7. Initial Plays: General strategy for Initial Moves; Leaving Blots; Strategic Points of Cover; Advantageous Opening Throws; Initial Plays Illustrated
8. Forward and Backward Games: The Blocking Game; The Running Game; The Back Game; Bearing Off the Men; Probabilities
9. Rules of the Game
10. Russian Backgammon: Throwing the Dice; Doublets; Entering the Men; Moving the Men
11. French Backgammon: The Running Game; The Blocking Game
12. Acey Deucey
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COVER:
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Includes: Rules of the Game, Doubling, First Moves, Running, Blocking and Back Games, etc.
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