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Backgammon Books
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Backgammon
Rules, Strategy, Winning Play
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AUTHOR:
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Tim Norfolk
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YEAR:
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1978
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PUBLISHER:
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Tutor Press
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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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166
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SIZE:
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21 cm high, 14 cm wide
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CONTENTS:
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1. General Rules of Backgammon: How Backgammon Is Played; The Objects of the Game; Throwing and Moving; Throwing Doubles; Blots, Builders, and Blocks; Gammon and Backgammon
2. Learning to Play Backgammon
3. Starting the Game: Table of White's Opening Moves; Summary of White's Opening Moves; Table of Black's Opening Moves; Summary of Black's Opening Moves; Options with Opening Moves
4. Forward and Backward Methods: The Running Game; The Blocking Game; Where Luck Enters; The Back Game
5. Bearing Off: Preparing to Bear Off; The Wrong Way; The Right Way; Good Judgment in Bearing Off; The Very Last Man; The 36 Possible Throws of the Dice
6. Know Your Odds: The Doubling Feature; Automatic Doubles; Chouette
7. Acey-Deucy
Glossary
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