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>> No. 19189 Anonymous
4th July 2014
Friday 11:04 pm
19189 Backgammon
Was taught how to play Backgammon the other day. Played 3 games, won 1 - lost 2. All three games though seem to come down to basically hoping to role doubles when all pieces were in each others 'homebase'.

I haven't read up on strategies but have played a few games online since then, it really seems like it comes down to chance more than skill.

Kind of disappointed, as had long wanted to learn how to play Backgammon, partly as I knew it was one of the oldest board games in existence.

Is it just me or is this the 'Deal or No Deal' of boardgames?

(A good day to you Sir!)
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>> No. 19190 Anonymous
4th July 2014
Friday 11:11 pm
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Imagine the ban was for not using the perpendicular pronoun.
>> No. 19191 Anonymous
4th July 2014
Friday 11:37 pm
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>>19190
Refraining from using the perpendicular pronoun is encouraged.
>> No. 19192 Anonymous
4th July 2014
Friday 11:40 pm
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>>19191

Don't think so. Think it looks lazy.
>> No. 19193 Anonymous
4th July 2014
Friday 11:47 pm
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>>19192

Try going for a week without saying "I". Just dropping it from your sentence and using it like you have just there is cheating.
>> No. 19194 Anonymous
5th July 2014
Saturday 12:55 am
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Oh my god you guys are such fucking losers.
>> No. 19196 Anonymous
5th July 2014
Saturday 1:14 am
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If you believe that backgammon is just a game of chance, then I would love the opportunity to play against you for money.

Many elite poker players have a background in backgammon, most notably Gus Hansen, who is a world class player of both games. Poker and backgammon are fundamentally games of skill, but that skill aspect is concealed by the short-term effects of luck (or variance, as advantage gamblers call it). Poker has drastically greater variance than backgammon - a professional poker player might experience weeks or months of losses due to unfavourable variance, while a similarly skilled backgammon player competing against amateurs is unlikely to experience a single losing session due to variance.

If you are interested in learning the game, I would recommend Bill Robertie's book "Backgammon for Winners". Robertie is a two-time world champion and writes very clearly about backgammon theory.
>> No. 19199 Anonymous
5th July 2014
Saturday 11:54 am
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>>19194

Said the person posting on an anonymous image board at 1 in the morning on a Saturday the weekend after pay day.
>> No. 19200 Anonymous
5th July 2014
Saturday 12:09 pm
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>>19199

jsa m7 innit
>> No. 19201 Anonymous
5th July 2014
Saturday 12:28 pm
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>>19200

It always amazes me that people on the dole can afford things like the internet.
>> No. 19202 Anonymous
5th July 2014
Saturday 1:20 pm
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>>19201
Stealing wifi, innit.
>> No. 19203 Anonymous
5th July 2014
Saturday 1:23 pm
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>>19201
There are some pretty cheap deals now though.
>> No. 19204 Anonymous
5th July 2014
Saturday 1:27 pm
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>>19203

Can you list some please? I've been looking for a new package lately and the cheapest I can find is £20 a month at 30 Mbps.
>> No. 19205 Anonymous
5th July 2014
Saturday 1:53 pm
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>>19196
This. Undoubtedly there is a fair bit of luck involved, particularly if the game comes down to a straight race, though a major aspect of the element of skill in the game is in play which prevents or delays that.

>>19204
>>>/g/ please.
>> No. 19206 Anonymous
5th July 2014
Saturday 5:24 pm
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>>19201

a*-ng luzer.

Sorry.
>> No. 19207 Anonymous
5th July 2014
Saturday 6:28 pm
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>>19204

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/cheap-broadband
>> No. 19214 Anonymous
6th July 2014
Sunday 4:20 am
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>>19189

If you want to learn an ancient game that is simple, surprisingly deep and entirely down to skill, try Go.
>> No. 19228 Anonymous
8th July 2014
Tuesday 12:01 am
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>>19214
How about Nine Men's Morris?
>> No. 19229 Anonymous
8th July 2014
Tuesday 1:19 am
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>>19228
You need evens for Morris, m8.
>> No. 19301 Anonymous
22nd July 2014
Tuesday 6:17 am
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>>19214

Snakes and Ladders is better.

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