The Race
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
Backgammon offers a great variety of strategies that can be applied in a number of situations. Still, many games end up in a race and there are a lot of players who enter a race at the earliest possibility. Only God knows what kind of kick they get out of it, one would think that a full-steam Blitz or priming game would offer a much more interesting game. Nevertheless, many games do end up in a race regardless whether you want to avoid it or not and since chances are that you’ll meet a lot of players on your favorite online backgammon site who just love an old-fashioned race, here it comes: how to play a Race.
Backgammon offers a great variety of strategies that can be applied in a number of situations. Still, many games end up in a race and there are a lot of players who enter a race at the earliest possibility. Only God knows what kind of kick they get out of it, one would think that a full-steam Blitz or priming game would offer a much more interesting game. Nevertheless, many games do end up in a race regardless whether you want to avoid it or not and since chances are that you’ll meet a lot of players on your favorite online backgammon site who just love an old-fashioned race, here it comes: how to play a Race.
In today’s mobile world your mobile device can be both a powerful business tool and an entertainment center. So why not carry your favourite game with you at all times? Winningbackgammon.info tested two excellent mobile backgammon software: Backgammon for Palm OS v4.1 from Handmark and Backgammon Pro for Palm OS v1.27 from Stand Alone, Inc. First we’ll have a look at Handmark’s interpretation of backgammon.