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Backgammon Books
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How to Win at Backgammon
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AUTHOR:
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Walter Gibson
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YEAR:
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1978
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PUBLISHER:
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Grosset & Dunlap, A Filmways Company, Publishers
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CITY:
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New York
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ISBN:
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0-448-14682-7
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PAGES:
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166
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SIZE:
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23 cm high, 15 cm wide
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OTHER
EDITIONS:
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Fell's Guide to Winning Backgammon, 1974
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CONTENTS:
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1. General Rules of Backgammon: How Backgammon Is Played; The Objects of the Game; Throwing and Moving; Throwing Doubles; Blots, Builders, and Blocks; Gammon and Backgammon
2. Learning to Play Backgammon
3. Starting the Game: Table of White's Opening Moves; Summary of White's Opening Moves; Summary of Black's Opening Moves; Options with Opening Moves
4. Forward and Backward Methods: The Running Game; The Blocking Game; Where Luck Enters; The Back Game
5. Bearing Off: Preparing to Bear Off; The Wrong Way; The Right Way; Good Judgment in Bearing Off; The Very Last Man; The 36 Possible Throws of the Dice
6. Know Your Odds; The Doubling Feature; Automatics Doubles; Chouettes
7. Acey-Deucy
Glossary
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COVER:
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Other books teach you how to play, Gibson teaches you how to win!
Includes these special features:
- Glossary of backgammon terms
- Strategies to fit the roll of the dice
- Advice on how to use the odds to your advantage
- Variations on the original rules
Contrary to popular belief, backgammon isn't all luck, and winning isn't hazardous to your health.
Learn the following, and learn to win:
- The difference between a blocking and a running space
- Effective use of blots, builders, and blocks
- The advantage of getting the first roll
Plus rules for
- Chouette (backgammon for more than two people)
- Acey-Deucey (a version far more exciting that the original)
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