Touch devices are perfect for adapting board games, such as backgammon. This is demonstrated by Lord of the Board Backgammon, an app that allows us to have fun playing against users from all corners ...

Backgammon makes a comeback as Chicago league thrives Jack Shockt, founder of the Chicago Backgammon League, joins us to explain why the classic tabletop game is attracting new players, expanding ...

Jack Schacht may be retired, but the 86-year-old Warrenville resident is far from retiring — the self-described “serial entrepreneur” is spreading his passion for backgammon through Chicago and the ...

A major split ignited a wild recent backgammon turf war in a trendy Big Apple neighborhood. The dicey board battle pitting an insurgent group of players in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, against the city’s ...

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Despite its modern popularity, not many know that backgammon is actually one of the oldest board games known to man. The story of backgammon stretches back 5,000 years and around the globe, spanning ...

As New Yorkers grow increasingly obsessed with mahjong, the tile-based Chinese game that has recently surged in popularity on this side of the Atlantic, a new social club is vying for the city’s ...

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Backgammon’s international scene is booming and one man is at the centre of it all Mattie is a senior money reporter covering pensions, tax and savings. He was ...

A recent social media post by the Iranian embassy in India has turned an ancient board game into a modern diplomatic signal. The embassy shared a video celebrating India–Iran ties through chess and ...

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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — In a city built on bright lights and games of chance, one local club is keeping a quieter tradition alive — the centuries-old game of backgammon. The Las Vegas Backgammon Club has ...