Pic of the Day
Pic of the Day
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- I have the exact same backgammon boardGnash
- lol! they all look like thischukkaphob
- ^ not to the connoisseur, old chap.Gnash
- is that you in the blue shirt?chukkaphob
- lolMrT
- maybe in 20 years, fortunately i still have all my hairGnash
- Backgammon is one of the oldest games in existence, alongside Go and Chess. It is probably about 5,000 years old and may well have originated in what today isMilan
- is Iraq—previously Mesopotamia. Recent evidence supporting this was found when these very early dice (made of human bones) were discovered in the area.Milan
- love the game.Gnash
- I had a shared flat in alphabet city in the 90s and always went to play the old guys in washington sq park when ever I was in nyc.Gnash
- ( back then is $50 flights to NYC from toronto island airport)Gnash
- Milan, thanks for the history lesson!chukkaphob
- Love the game too, although it relies too much on luck (unlike, say chess)chukkaphob
- ^ true in a way. there is really only one correct move for each roll of the dice. it's a lightning-fast game once masteredGnash
- it's great gambling game, especially when using the cube to double up. If you don't know the numbers you're sunkGnash
- yes, true!chukkaphob
- I play tons of backgammon, and love joining $ tournaments.monospaced
- ^ it's fun. but the stakes can get high really fast! where do you play in nyc?Gnash
- we should have a QBN backgammon championshipchukkaphob