Backgammon Books

  Backgammon of Today
 
 
 

 
  AUTHOR: John Longacre
 
  YEAR: 1973
 
  PUBLISHER: Bell Publishing Company
 
  CITY: New York
 
  ISBN: 0-517-12873-X
 
  BINDING: Hardcover
 
  PAGES: 130
 
  SIZE: 21 cm high, 14 cm wide
 
  OTHER
  EDITIONS:
The John C. Winston Company, 1930

 
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  CONTENTS:
   
Introduction to the 1973 Edition
Foreword
The Board
The Play
The Odds of the Dice
Opening Moves: (a) Combination Shots; (b) Doublets
Opening Strategy
The Running Game
The Blocking Game
The Back Game
The Game of Position
The Doubling Game
Running for Home
Throwing Off
Chouette
Notes on Play
Foreword to the Rules
The Rules of Backgammon
Definition of Terms
 
  COVER: Why does a game that has been popular with ancient Persians, Greeks, and Romans, thousands of years ago still have a universal appeal today?
      Not only has Backgammon survived through the centuries as an exciting game of skill and chance, it has, today, increasing popularity and is played vigorously the world over.
      Whether you are a novice or an experienced Backgammon player, John Longacre's comprehensive and diagramed guide-book, with easy-to-follow instructions, will be your referee in solving disputes over play, answering your questions, and introducing you to exciting new variations to a game which has been played for centuries.
      The introduction by Vogue Magazine's Games Editor, Sam Fry, will answer your questions concerning backgammon's present growing popularity.




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