Scrabble too.

At the Firebrand bar this Thursday there will be Backgammon as you may have guessed from this Blogg.
Every other Thursday there is now going to be Scrabble.

Please pop along and support these upcoming events.
Chess,Backgammon and now Scrabble too.

BIBA Club listing

I recently sent an e-mail to The British Isles.Backgammon Association  asking if they could include the club  on their website.
If you follow the link above to their site, there we are in their clubs section.... Result.....

Don't forget this Thursday at 19:30 Firebrand Bar, Launceston. Our first meeting. Come along and have a game. Bring  a board if you can.. All welcome..

Fun In The Sun

New Backgammon book arrived today from the lovely people at Amazon.
Details and review to follow.

The picture below was supplied by Firebrandbar today via their Facebook page.


                                        Backgammon in the sun.     Perfect

                        Come along on April 16th for Backgammon at the Firebrand
                              Tables and chairs will be better than those pictured.. :-)

Book Review soon.

I purchased this book so long ago that I think it's now out of print.  I am only now thinking that I should read it after having it on the shelf for about 15 years.
Give me a week or two and I will post a review here.
It maybe a little late to buy new. But I think there are plenty to buy secondhand. Via Amazon etc.

Is it worth buying?  Well watch this space for the answer..

Added Twitter feed.

I have been experimenting this afternoon with the Blogg layout.
It has stayed basically the same with the addition of a nice new Twitter feed window on the right of the page.
If you are on Twitter you can now follow us by clicking the "Follow" button (The clue is in the name) on this page.
I am trying hard to get people interested in coming along to the club on 16th April so a follow and retweet of one of my blogg posts would be great. And will spread the word..
    Thanks in advance...
 

Sore losers.

Last night I was playing Backgammon via my Backgammon live app.

All was going well.

In fact I was thrashing my opponent and he/she was in an impossible position.
Now the thing that I would do in their position is to resign gracefully.

But no......

Just lately I have played several players who have just "left the room" not finishing the game.

The software involved analyses the positions, so that in theory the victor should be obvious and the appropriate points awarded.

It might be that the opponent had legitimately lost connection.
But it can't happen quite so often.(can it?) And always when I'm winning.

Please either resign or play until the end.     ( it's ANNOYING) .....Rant over

Backgammon Boards

Well it's not long now until our first event. I have been looking at buying some boards for the big day. E-Bay has been studied to within an inch of its life.
But I have come to the conclusion that I can buy a nice new board from amazon for about the same price as a second hand board from ebay and of about the same quality.

So Debit card in hand I ordered just one board to check out what you get for your money.

                                                   This is the result..And it arrived quickly too.

The case itself was a little disappointing with poorly finished corners that were just not up to scratch.
However the important playing surface and counters etc are great. So for the money, I am very happy and will be ordering another.

These will be club boards and liable to some damage or spillages etc so I'm not going to spend a fortune.

Very happy with my purchase.

Also I joined a Facebook group today.
The Brighton Backgammon club. Not because I am lightly to be going to Brighton, but just to ask them about  starting a new club.
I was given some good advice that I shall be following up on during the Easter holidays.