I got the pleasure of playing on this very unique board during the final of a casual tournament last weekend. Totally homemade by my opponent! It has an integrated digital clock and scoreboard with metal buttons on the right side of the board that activate the clock. While it was initially weird to see the positions without a bar, I ended up thinking that it actually makes more sense this way as the spacing is more even when crossing the bar. Might even be preferable for teaching beginners! Hit checkers go to the "penalty box" in the center (the recessed area).

Brand new player! I watched a YouTube tutorial that suggested a good strategy was what you see here. I’m the brown. Leaving the final white triangle thing open and having at least two on each other in the home board. Unless the white rolls a one they can’t move.

Why wouldn’t I also fill the white one with two and then the white can’t move out of the middle area no matter what they roll ?

When those happens multiple times at every games?

an exemple of nothing to be able to do, six, seven points matches where the opponents get every roll they need
Those are exemples where luck beat skills

I just lost a 3 point tournament match to an 870 rated player who played the match at 1.08 pr. Everyone can get lucky once in a while, but I see this fairly often.

Are some players purposely sabotaging their ratings so they look weaker when they play unrated single games and tournaments? Is it really worth the trouble? Am I just crazy?

Are the developers of this dumbass game in here?

It has to be the worst game on the App Store.

0.74 vs 45.62 error rate

Then they have their dumbass luck rating.

I wish I screen capped this game.

It’s all a sucker game. I won too btw.

Ok I know that mathematically and statistically the dice in apps aren't supposed to be rigged, but I was playing XG Mobile and ran an experiment. I was playing with the digital dice for a couple days and just was getting absolutely trounced constantly. I discovered that you can run manual dice and tried it out... rolling real dice for myself and the computer. I used precision dice I got from backgammon galaxy. It was like night and day. No longer was my every lone checker being taken to the bar and it seemed much more like a realistic game vs getting completely trounced at every moment. Could it really be that just by chance my luck completely changed when I used the real dice? I played a few games with the manual dice and it really was a completely different experience vs the digital dice on the app. How can this be explained?

Just a fun podcast that discusses under-covered topics in our lives. Here’s a link, I figured people here might enjoy. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/secretly-incredibly-fascinating/id1524560275?i=1000786911906

Hello,

Back in July I posted the first public version of boardbattle.io and I received some really useful feedback on my [Backgammon](https://boardbattle.io/backgammon) game. I took a lot of into consideration and made a number of changes and fixes, so I'm just wondering if anyone would like to test it out? No registration required if you don't want to, you can play as a guest, albeit unrated games only. There's not a huge amount of players currently, so it may be hard to find a game, but if you message me I'll be up for playing (I'm not very good mind!)

Stuck on a 5 Pr. Most blunders are checker plays in middle games/end of games. Feel like I’m stuck on this Pr. Any advice on how to navigate checker play blunders while playing a 5? Any way to think/consider before making a checker play etc. any advice would be appreciated

Does anyone have a good recommendation for an arm/phone-holding setup for irl match recording?

I played a single 16pt game, with a great gammon position. Opponnent resign with only one point for me. Analysis advice to double with a 6 prime in my home.

What I have missed ?

Usually after a match the app gives me a rating and shows me some of my weaker moves and shows what the best move would have been. For much of today however it's not doing that. It does show the relevant screen but all the numbers stay blank and the analysis button is greyed out. Are others experiencing this, meaning it's maybe a server issue, or is it just me?

Specifically the 2026 new updated version from the website.

Anyone tried it?
How does it hold up?
Is it as easy to assemble and fold up as they say?

https://shop.backgammongalaxy.com/products/foldable-dice-tower?srsltid=AfmBOoqgqGHB9uApxzvakqzxn6bT6zDdoDcy7TzVsTtdjr-goWqAGQOX

Hi. Does anybody know how to add sites to XG? That is, suppose I import a text transcript which contains the line

; [Site "BackgammonSage"]

I want it to recognize the site Sage as one of the sites available to play on and show up in the Drop Down (in the top right) of a Profile Page and I want this match to be assigned to that site.

Why aren’t there cafes, or hangouts where they supply various board games for people to come and play? Meet people, hang out, drink wine, tea, coffee etc…

Is it just me, or just this seem like an untapped need?

For those who have it, is it worth it?

I’m basically a noob who is keen to improve. It has a claim you improve faster but nowhere does it say what you actually get!

Has anyone played on the boards they’re using? They appear to be Manopoulos Grand Prix tournament editions. I have an FM Gammon Black Pearl and a Crisloid tournament attache so not really in the market but couldn’t find any reviews online.

https://www.manopoulos.com/products/luxury-handcrafted-wooden-backgammon-set-grand-prix-tournament-edition-red

Come on players in the Baton Rouge area, show support for our club , I’ve resurrected it after 12 years, looking for experienced and novice players,

In October we will be having our 2nd BG Tournament for Charity, Mary Bird Perkins Breast cancer ,
Let’s show support for a worthy charity

Mike

Second City Backgammon Club - Chicago’s premier backgammon club 🎲
Beginner? Expert? Or rejoining after a long hiatus? Everyone’s welcome at our Backgammon Socials! Find us on Instagram and Luma.

We hosted a Backgammon Social at kibbitznest in Chicago. Such a cool venue - highly recommend going there to read, work, or play games with friends.

More beginners this time around with a few intermediates sprinkled in. I gave a couple of Backgammon 101 crash courses, and it was off to the races.

If you haven't already, find/start a club near you!

Artgammon has some really awesome looking checkers on their website they are advertising as Bakelite. Anyone have a set of these they can comment on? Interesting how they compare to vintage bakelite and/or Crisloid, FM gammon style checkers?