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Lucille Ball Backgammon Boards at Auction

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:57:03 +0100

Three backgammon boards from the estate of I Love Lucy star Lucille Ball will be auctioned on July 17, 2010 at the Heritage Auction Galleries in Beverly Hills. The auctioned backgammon boards are part of a larger memorabilia that include her awards, love letters, and personal address book from the e...

Multiplayer Backgammon

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:43:43 +0100

Backgammon is usually a two-player game. Over the years, several efforts have been made to create a multi-player variation of backgammon, where three or more participants can play the game simultaneously. The most popular form of multiplayer backgammon is the chouette, where a group of two or more p...

In Search of a 60-Piece Backgammon Variant

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:10:46 +0000

Two years after the finding of an ancient backgammon board in Iran's Burnt City, archeologists and historians are still searching for the rules of the backgammon variant, apparently played with 60 game pieces on a 20-slots board. A backgammon board found in 2007 at the archeological site &q...

Backgammon Frank is Back

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:25:27 +0000

Frank Backgammon, The Sammies' band leader has reported in his blog about his returning from his summer vacation and about the band's forthcoming shows. Backgammon has spent the last summer separated from the other band members, for the first time in several years, according to his report....

Former Backgammon Club Owner in a New Film

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:45:12 +0000

Former backgammon club owner and the founder of the Chippendales, Somen "Steve" Banerjee, will be the theme of Hollywood director Tony Scott's next film. The movie will focus on Banerjee's rise to the peaks of wealth as the owner of the first successful male-striptease net of clu...

See your Online Backgammon Opponent

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:36:07 +0100

New web service lets you watch your online backgammon opponents in real time. 6Rounds, founded by GixOO, strives to serve as a "live meeting point" and "to make online meetings fun again", enabling users of variant internet applications – from online games to social network...

Oldest Chinese Backgammon Set on Display

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:20:31 +0100

The oldest Chinese backgammon set is currently displayed at the Liaoning Provincial Museum in downtown Shenyang, along with other archeological findings from different periods in China's rich history, the oldest one being 280,000 old woman skeletal remains and the newest ones are works of calli...

It is not a Bomb it is a Backgammon Set

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:55:07 +0100

A backgammon suitcase found near the sheriff's office in Boynton Beach, Florida was mistakenly suspected as containing explosive materials, causing mayhem in the small Palm Beach County city. Ocean Inlet Park was emptied out of its visitors and the goers of the nearby beach were unable to get b...

WSOB Online Backgammon Platform Revealed

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:34:08 +0100

The World Series of Backgammon has revealed the mysterious operator behind its new, not yet launched, online backgammon platform. According to recent publication, the prestigious backgammon tour is collaborating with Jadestone Network, the online game developer from Sweden, which is responsible for ...

WSOB adds Team Backgammon Event Reduces Entry Fees

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:20:45 +0100

The World Series of Backgammon (WSOB) will be launching the Team World Cup, an international backgammon team event, in the upcoming opening stop of the tour's third season, scheduled to begin on Tuesday, July 21st at the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes, the French Riviera. The WSOB organizers have ...

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