Backgammon in about 3 minutes

Backgammon in about 3 minutes

Designer: Derek Reginald Thumply-Smythe, 4th Lord Bach-Gammon

3 minute board games theme Music by Vic Granell

"Shiny Tech 2" Kevin Macleod
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3 minute board games are J Carmichael and S Rodgers

[MBG]

Backgammon, it's not just something you shout at a brexiter! Anyway, a while back I mentioned in a planning video that i wanted to cover more games like Chess, Go and Backgammon. Just for the sake of completion. Backgammon really is a classic that is legit fun and, well, i think if people want to consider themselves well rounded gamers, it's one worth having a look at if you haven't already

[xyan]

Backgammon was always "the other side of the chessboard" for me growing up lol. Finally learning it was a real treat!

[blacksheep]

Interesting note - the 'snap' mechanism in Marvel Snap came from the developers playing a bunch of board and card games and deciding to incorporate the doubling die from Backgammon. If you're confident you're going to win a match, you can snap to double the stakes. You then can't snap again, but your opponent can, doubling the stakes again.

[dwarrenmsp]

I'm in my 40s and I just learned backgammon this year. Now it's great fun. As I'm getting older I'm enjoying these simpler more strategic games.

[edwardsieferman]

I love the fact that backgammon allows for social interaction that is often absent in chess while providing opportunities for some cerebral decisions based upon probability & statistics... And it is ancestral to games such as Pachisi, and Ludo...

[dragonlair]

Board set up, the three checkers on the seventh pip should start on the eigth pips…. Or is set up different in NZ?

[FurryNonsense]

"In 3 minutes"
The video: **4 minutes**

[jimphilidor]

It's cool to see the best classic game being represented on this channel.

[nutherefurlong]

We never used the doubling die as a kid, I was told it was more for people betting on the game. It's probably for the best

[bestatstartrek]

We play backgammon all the time. Fantastic dice rolling game

[charliebareiro]

If it doesnt have an insane complex learning curve I have no interest... after some beer... o m g this is so fun

[Squatch_needs_no_heroes]

Could do with more engine-building, drafting, secret legacy envelopes, giant plastic miniatures and neoprene. I have notes ….😂😂😂

[ambierona]

Backgammon is fun! I haven’t played in a while but I want to again. I don’t like playing online though and I only have the Lord of the Rings Backgammon set, which is hard to play since the pieces are gold and silver rings and they’re super hard to tell apart!

I’m starting to learn Mahjong with actual scoring rules and that would be another good classic to cover! There are lots of variants though.

[Crackingseen]

The hair on the board got to me a little lol

[WhatUpRob]

Good series. This is fun. Actually never seen this game played, it was very helpful.

[BenStevenson-cz]

Two Players Two Sides One is Light ⚪️ one is Dark ⚫️

[BackgammonFinesse]

Crawford rule - IF match goes to, lets say, 5 points and score is at next game 4-X you CANT double. example after the score 3-0 we won 1 point and score is 4-0. and our opponent cant double at next game. he must win 1 game and after that crawford rule is OFF and our opponent can double at first move.
Jacoby rule - in money (unlimit game) GAMMONS didnt count as 2 points or 2x. WE NEED TO DOUBLE and only WITH cube gammons is ON.
small additional rules about dices - if you cant do a move with two dices but with only 1 number on them, you must choose and move your pieces with HIGHER number on both dices. if you can do only 1 move or only 2 moves with both dices you must choose a move which is used 2 dices together.

[daithi]

I like the colors of the board and checkers, but the checkers are too small for the board.

[stevenbogart]

Tic Tac Toe in three minutes (maybe three seconds)!

[john-qzfu]

When you’ve got two very skilful players, the game comes down to luck of the dice. I’ve even read it described as a coin toss.