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December 2005

Dec 28   Book Suggestions--Informal book survey  (Chuck Bower)

November 2005

Nov 30   Software--Java: BG-Blitz--How strong?  (Misja)
Nov 29   Cube Handling in Races--Calculating winning chances  (OpenWheel)
Nov 28   Miscellaneous--Copying positions from books  (Stick)
Nov 25   GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings  (Stick)
Nov 23   Terminology--"Freeroll"  (montygram)
Nov 20   Cheating--Dice manipulation  (Paul Epstein)
Nov 15   Match Equities--Does it matter which match equity table you use?  (Klaus Evers)
Nov 05   Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems #75  (Hardy Hübener)

October 2005

Oct 27   Variations--Gabgammon  (jckz)
Oct 23   Puzzles--Back to Nack  (Zorba)
Oct 18   Play Sites--Comparison of rakes  (Hank Youngerman)
Oct 15   Match Archives--Where to get matches to download  (KaRaNLiK)
Oct 11   Rules--Play cubeless at 2away/2away?  (Raccoon)
Oct 11   GNU Backgammon--Gnu versus Snowie and Jellyfish  (Michael Depreli)
Oct 10   Miscellaneous--Maximizing earnings  (Stanley E. Richards)
Oct 03   Rulings--Playing wrong opponent  (Hank Youngerman)
Oct 03   Snowie--Snowie vs GNU  (Stanley E. Richards)

September 2005

Sep 23   Miscellaneous--Why do people play for money?  (Hank Youngerman)
Sep 21   Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Review  (Tom Keith)
Sep 17   Play Sites--Club Games  (Ashton Haze)
Sep 14   Rules--Gentleman's previlege  (Daniel)
Sep 14   Rulings--Rolling wrong dice  (TarHeelFan)
Sep 13   Book Suggestions--Books on match play  (Keene Marin)
Sep 12   Cube Handling--How does rake affect cube actions?  (Paul Epstein)
Sep 03   Equipment--Suppliers--Yenigun  (yenigun)

August 2005

Aug 29   Play Sites--Comparison of rakes  (Daniel)
Aug 26   Chouettes--Jacoby rule  (Doug Doub)
Aug 19   Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Are they the same?  (Tony Yarwood)
Aug 13   Learning--How to learn and improve  (Hristov)

July 2005

Jul 31   Fun and frustration--Backgammon at 50  (Mary Hickey)
Jul 30   Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems  (Paul Epstein)
Jul 30   Terminology--"Blunder", "whopper"  (Raccoon)
Jul 28   Rulings--Two cubes on the board  (Jason Lee)
Jul 27   Play Sites--MoneyGaming.com  (max)
Jul 27   GNU Backgammon--Match equity tables  (Raccoon)
Jul 27   Snowie--Snowie 4.3 update  (Gregg Cattanach)
Jul 26   Match Play--When to free drop  (Tom Keith)
Jul 25   Etiquette--Premature shaking  (Paul Epstein)
Jul 22   Etiquette--Rolling the dice  (Julius Selbach)
Jul 21   Rules--When do you give up your chance to double?  (Paul Epstein)
Jul 08   GNU Backgammon--Question marks in game list  (Jim Segrave)
Jul 05   Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire  (Butch Meese)

June 2005

Jun 28   Software--Java: BG-Blitz--How strong?  (montygram)
Jun 10   Etiquette--Doubling opponent out  (bustedchucks)

May 2005

May 31   Rulings--Disagreement over cocked dice  (DeaconBlue)
May 30   Play Sites--Club Games  (Tomawaky)
May 09   Puzzles--Priming puzzle  (Gregg Cattanach)
May 05   History--The effect of bots on the game  (Daniel Murphy)
May 04   Tournaments--Vegas trip report (spring 2005)  (Gregg Cattanach)
May 02   Pip Counting--Cluster counting  (camelx)

April 2005

Apr 28   Learning--Maintaining your game  (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
Apr 24   Propositions--Tino Road Position  (Arthur)
Apr 24   GNU Backgammon--MWC versus Equity (EMG)  (Ken)
Apr 21   GNU Backgammon--Restarting a rollout with different settings  (Jim Segrave)
Apr 17   GNU Backgammon--Manually entering first roll  (Andreas Graf)
Apr 16   Opening Rolls--Opening rolls ranked  (Arthur)
Apr 06   Fun and frustration--Wishing good luck  (Michel Tarragnat)
Apr 04   Books--Bagai: Classic Backgammon Revisited--Errata  (Jeremy Bagai)
Apr 01   Play Sites--Where to play for money  (Victor Zanfer)

March 2005

Mar 27   Terminology--"Baffle box"  (garyo)
Mar 24   Rulings--Playing to wrong match length  (Marty Storer)
Mar 18   Software--Html/Php: BG Replay (match replayer)  (Paul Stephens)
Mar 18   Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon #165  (Peter Grotrian)
Mar 14   Miscellaneous--Backgammon computers  (Graham Bayne)
Mar 07   GNU Backgammon--Importing .gam files  (PAR)

February 2005

Feb 19   GNU Backgammon--Interpreting JSD's  (Adrian Wright)
Feb 15   Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire vs. TrueMoneyGames  (oneprime)
Feb 15   Variations--Simborg Rule  (Scott)
Feb 14   Match Play--Take points  (fiore)
Feb 14   Programming--Measuring Difficulty  (John Robson)
Feb 09   Variations--Plakoto express  (Athansios Vagias)

January 2005

Jan 30   Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon  (Doni)
Jan 28   Probability and Statistics--Number of games per match  (Jason Lee)
Jan 27   Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A  (Neil Kazaross)
Jan 09   GNU Backgammon--JSD's and confidence intervals  (Daniel Murphy)
Jan 07   Books--Bray: Backgammon--An Independent View Revisited  (Chris Bray)
Jan 02   Rules--Pick and pass and bearing off  (SimonW)
 

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