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Gabriel Horowitz won’t be a name in the house today, but from the 1970s through early 1980s, he was in the center of a bustling backgammon culture, living life full of celebrity, risk, and private soap opera. A charismatic and game-strategically talented player of backgammon, Horowitz’s notoriety is also attributable to the fact that he was wedded to Marcia Clark, the renowned prosecutor of the O.J. Simpson trial. Their rocky relationship and a nude photo scandal landed Horowitz in the unanticipated spotlight during one of America’s most publicized court cases. From his childhood in Israel to his reputation as one...

Backgammon Social seeks to make human connections through the old-school dice game.

For most people, a two-week work trip doesn't end with 400 days in a foreign prison.

But for Brisbane-based journalist Peter Greste, that's precisely what happened.

In 2013 Greste, a veteran war correspondent who'd covered some of the world's most dangerous conflicts, was filling in for a colleague at Al Jazeera's Cairo bureau over Christmas...

Little Black Book, On Wednesday, 23rd April, music agency DLMDD is bringing the thrill of the board to the heart of Soho, London, UK.

Welcome to backgammon players of all skill levels; Four Points Sheraton Hotel, 925 S University, Little Rock. Feb 26 at 5:00PM - 10:00PM - Game Night; 5pm social with 6pm tournament start time. $10 entry fee, five point matches with clocks preferred. Please bring your own backgammon boards, scorecards will be provided. See you there for a night of backgammon fun!

“No airs at all. He was a super regular guy, unassuming,” said Gaita. “You would think all the Kennedys know everything, right? So we were surprised that he didn’t know how to play backgammon and he asked us to teach him.”

On a February afternoon in the Southern Utah desert, I’m in a tent staring at a leather backgammon board. Tent is the correct term, but it somehow feels, well, incorrect: there are hardwood floors that are covered with a beige knotted rug. Just beyond is a pool that juts out into the rugged landscape.

The 8th Gibraltar Backgammon Championship was held at the Sunborn Hotel recently. The event attracted 96 players from 28 countries with some of the best players in the world including current World Champion Johan Moazed from Sweden.

"More specifically, he said the pieces were probably used to play a game called “Ludus Latrunculi”, in which players attempted to surround and capture their opponent’s pieces, or “Doudecim Scripta”, which resembles backgammon."

wehobackgammonclub on January 20, 2025: “Join us for a magical evening of games and good vibes at our Backgammon Under the Stars event 🌟🎲! We’ll be gathering on the cozy, heated back patio of the Airliner Bar on Saturday, February 1st, from 5-8 PM. Airliner Bar will be providing our attendees with a happy hour specials food and beverage menu to enjoy while playing! Whether you’re a seasoned player or just curious about the game, this event is open to all skill levels. Come roll the dice, sip on your favorite drinks, and connect with fellow backgammon enthusiasts in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. RSVP in the link in our bio!🔗”.

We crave community as much as anything in our lives. This past weekend, I tried a new community. A close friend plays backgammon at a very high level. She took me to a tournament in Charlotte (NC) where I entered the novice division and lost three successive rounds of several games each. No surprise but I did win about 40% of the games in the rounds, which isn’t bad for a complete newbie. It’r rather like like losing a tennis match 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Not whiffed or pickled.

A shorter update this week, as I’ve been lucky enough to have the flu come through the house! Before that though, the backgammon odds did smile on me, allowing your humble director to claim his second win of the year.

The rise, fall, and resurrection of the world’s oldest game, backgammon, and its peculiar link to American football.

A new venture is also about to start – a weekly Backgammon tournament because it takes Elias back to his Greek roots. ‘As a Greek not being able to play Backgammon was a huge part of the jigsaw missing for me,’ he says fervently. So he learnt himself how to play until he was ready to take on other players.

Our reader’s Ulez fine escalated from a TfL ‘processing error’ to a bailiff clamping her car. Rebecca Bell thought nothing of it when she paid £25 to cover two days’ travel in London’s Ulez zone last February. The 52-year-old private tutor was focussed on winning the backgammon tournament.... But weeks later, two fixed penalty notices landed on her doorstep.

The December meeting of the East Coast Backgammon Club saw the grand finals being played of the Winter Olympic Tournament. The East Coast Backgammon Club is open Monday evenings at the Conservative Club on Tennyson Avenue in Bridlington, UK.

Backgammon, a board game that combines strategy and luck, is what brought me to Monaco in the first place. Backgammon’s popularity, on the other hand, peaked in the 1980s. Only 300 players entered the World Championship in 2024 - and I was one of them.

The backgammon tournament won by Karagounis against the scorer of the grand final Charistea, with “Kara” emphasizing that he is the only one who left Portugal with a “double”, the future of Greek football and whether they foresee a similar success for it, but also the “souvenir” they will take with…

In 1977, archeologists uncovered an ancient Shahr-i Sokhta board game. Now, they may have figured out how that game is played. The Shahr-i Sokhta board game, now referred to as The Game of 20, is available to play online for free on Persian Wonders' website. It is described as an older version of Backgammon. The goal is for you to remove all ten of your game pieces from the board before your opponent does.

Chess is not the only sport forced to deal with cheating. Now the world of backgammon is rocked by its own scandal.

The backgammon podcast! In each episode host, Ed Hall, interviews backgammon players and authors, teachers and commentators, board makers and organisers... anyone and everyone with a backgammon story to tell.

The 2,100-year-old Roman strategy game “Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum” is now showcased at Syedra Ancient City in Alanya, allowing visitors to engage with history.

Weekly tournaments attract longtime aficionados and first-time players alike — including Amanda Shires

Players from across Devon are expected to attend Torbay Hotel in February to play the game.

Over a career that has lasted four decades, Jacoby has been involved in many productions shot in the Sunshine State.

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Backgammon - The first reference to “backgammon” in print was made in 1645, in H.J.R. Murray’s A History of Board Games Other than Chess.

The Slim Aarons vibes are strong this summer...

As the world pays tribute to the icon of French cinema, Alain Delon, we take a look back at his lesser-known venture into furniture design.

42.5 w x 10 h x 27 d cmwith one leather top handleinterior features four dices: two red, two green, two leather dice shakers, 15 dark counters, 15 lighter counters...

Recognizing physical dice rolls and carrying out moves on a real board, BotGammon leans on GNU Backgammon for a challenging partner.

The seventh staging of the Jamaica Inn Backgammon tournament promises to be very entertaining and will be staged from June 14-16 in Ocho Rios, St Ann.

‘Walking Dead’ star Norman Reedus is revealing that he owes his pal Andrew Lincoln ‘maybe $16,000’ over lost backgammon bets.

Summer, little by little, is slowly coming to an end. Beckham family is...

From a “psilocybin-adjacent” start to board game nights at local bars, this is the wild story of Silver Lake Backgammon Club.

The young Bulgarian player Kalin Stefanov became the third ever Bulgarian to reach the title of “master” in the sport of backgammon. His achievement is even more serious as he managed to achieve it on his first attempt

Amanda Holden stunned as she stripped off to her bikini as she played backgammon with her daughter Lexi on holiday.

Two early game-playing programs, Samuel Checkers and TD-Gammon, led to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence

Including the one that will make you look like a pro who plays in New York City parks.