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  • New blog post: History of Backgammon

    From Trevor Slocum@tslocum@gmail.com to rec.games.backgammon on Tue Jan 16 09:21:59 2024
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.backgammon

    I have written a short blog post providing an overview of some of the ancestors of backgammon.

    Read it at https://bgammon.org/blog/20240115-history-of-backgammon/

    https://bgammon.org is a free and open source online backgammon service.
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  • From MK@playbg-rgb@yahoo.com to rec.games.backgammon on Tue Jan 16 11:32:06 2024
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.backgammon

    On 1/16/2024 10:21 AM, Trevor Slocum wrote:

    I have written a short blog post providing an overview of
    some of the ancestors of backgammon. Read it at https://bgammon.org/blog/20240115-history-of-backgammon/

    I think referring to regional/historical variants of this
    game is too loosely, generically as "backgammon" is wrong.

    The considerably different variant played with the cube
    should be given a different name also. I propose and use
    "gamblegammon" since the introduction of the cube was to
    turn it into a game for gamblers...

    MK

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  • From Timothy Chow@tchow12000@yahoo.com to rec.games.backgammon on Thu Jan 18 08:03:48 2024
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.backgammon

    On 1/16/2024 12:21 PM, Trevor Slocum wrote:
    I have written a short blog post providing an overview of some of the ancestors of backgammon.

    Read it at https://bgammon.org/blog/20240115-history-of-backgammon/

    Nice list!

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    Tim Chow

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