Backgammon Links

Basics

History of Backgammon Artifacts to modern history of backgammon

How to play backgammon Basic rules of the game from bkgm.com

The Crawford Rule Crawford rule in match play

Basic Strategy Basic strategy for beginners

Opening rolls Tips on how to play opening rolls and more..

Intermediate to Advanced

Cube Handling Cube handling articles

Pip Counting Gotta count them yourself when playing on a real board

Match play doubling strategy Cube action related to match score

Backgammon software

Gnu Backgammon A free open source backgammon programming project

Jellyfish One of the first commercial neural net programs

Snowie Backgammon A popular (expensive) backgammon software used by professional players

BGBlitz Java based full featured backgammon software by Frank Berger

3DFiBs Free backgammon software offering both online and off-line games

More software Covers software titles for all platforms including Macs, Linux, Palm, Windows CE etc..

Online Backgammon

FIBS Small non commercial server run by volunteers

Pogo Java games site mostly amateurs

Just for laughs..

Backgammon Humor Funny backgammon jokes, stories..