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Backgammon Book Reviews
Check back often. I am constantly adding more reviews. If you don't see a book here that you would like reviewed drop me an email at jake@thedoublingcube.com.
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Can a Fish Taste Twice as Good?
by Jake Jacobs & Walter Trice
The notion that a player might change his handling of the doubling cube during a match, based upon the relative s trength of his opponent, is an old one. When I wrote Fish, my first book, in 1996, the advice in the backgammon literature was conjectural. Using software developed by Walter Trice I attempted to quantify such changes. Read more
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Four-Point
by Jake Jacobs
In 1990 I began contributing articles to most of the leading backgammon periodicals. By the time I had completed Can a Fish Taste Twice as Good? I had written quite a few, enough for this collection. Read more |
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New Ideas in Backgammon
by Kit Woolsey & Hal Heinrich
For advanced intermediate to expert, the book is a must read. The more expert you are, or hope to be, the more certain it is that you need a copy of this one on your shelf. Review
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Modern Backgammon
by Bill Robertie
If you read this book, you WILL become a better backgammon player. Click here for a complete review.
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Backgammon For Serious Players
by Bill Robertie
In reviewing BACKGAMMON FOR SERIOUS PLAYERS, I asked parallel questions: how good is this book for cousin Minnie, a neophyte, and, how good is it for a truly serious player? Here is the complete review.
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What Colour is the Wind
by Chris Bray
Chris Bray is an English expert who writes a weekly newspaper column for The Independent in Britain. Wind is a collection of some of his columns from 1998-2001, as well as columns he wrote for Netgammon. Click here for complete review.
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Improve Your Backgammon
by Paul Lamford
A very worthwhile book. click here for the complete review.
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Backgammon
by Paul Magriel
No other book comes close in instructing beginning players on how to think about the game.
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Some of the best sources for books include:
Flint Boutique (http://www.flintbg.com/boutique.html) Carol Joy has the book (dice, board, etc.) for you!
The Fortuitous Press started as a self-publishing venture for Jeremey Bagai’s Classic Backgammon Revisited, but it is growing fast. (http://www.fortuitouspress.com/)
The Gammon Press is Bill Robertie’s baby, and has some of the best backgammon and poker books extant. (http://thegammonpress.com/pages/11/index.htm)
A great European site is Chris Ternel’s www.bgshop.com a source for all your backgammon needs!
The Gammon Village Store (http://www.gammonvillage.com/backgammon/ecom/) Part of the Gammon Village site.
The Japan Backgammon League’s Shop (http://www.backgammon.gr.jp/)
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