Why learn backgammon?

As with chess, or checkers, backgammon is a game of strategy. You must be thinking several moves ahead and be constantly outwitting your opponent. Unlike chess and checkers, there are dice involved which gives your wits an even greater challenge – it is not enough to have a strategy, in backgammon you must have six! To learn backgammon is to develop your tactical intelligence.

Whether you find yourself in the streets of Bangkok or the markets of Jerusalem, the forums of Rome or the harbors Singapore you will always find yourself a backgammon opponent. The backgammon game has spread across the world, so whether you are stuck in an airport or chilling with backpackers, you will always have something to do, and an excuse to talk to the person next to you!

The backgammon game has for millennia been the game of the leading classes, it denotes intelligence and a strategic mind in its players and commands awe and amazement from its spectators. In ancient Egypt, not to learn backgammon was a sign of ignorance and stupidity.

So, backgammon is a battle of wits, a killer of time, a champion of the ages, but must of all it’s fun! Learn backgammon and you will know what it’s like to play a fast moving game, relying entirely on your intelligence, to seize your opponent’s mistakes and to curse your own. When you learn backgammon you learn entertainment for life.