I want to apology to all those that i just recently timed-out on... I just returned from vacation and thought I could save the 2 days I had over-scheduled... in doing so I timed put in 16 games.... had I made my moves first before changing the scheduled vacation days... it would not have happened.... so to all those involved.. I am deeply sorry ... and look forward to other matches with you all soon... ----- Sharon----

BIG BAD WOLF's stategy so far:

Well when I first started playing this, I played it like I do my Backgammon Race games (which I'm pretty good at) - which is try to keep a few checkers in the bar to try and mess up the other person.... but this did not work!

So my new stategy is to try to play it more like backgammon - that is get the checkers off my bar more quickly. Not sure how well this will work, but I'm at least started to win more games now.... :-)

The Dream Team is primarily a fellowship for the backgammon variants. We have a strong team already and are open to all bg players who are looking to play with some really nice people.
We have weekly fellowship tournaments happening. Just pop on over or send me a message and I will invite. The only players unwelcome at The Dream Team are those who practise bad sportsmanship!

Anyone had any thought about how CBG strategy differs from regular BG? My early thoughts -- having only started a number of games -- are that there is a great advantage in seizing 3 or more points in both your own home board and your opponent's as early as possible. It can be very constricting to still have 3 or 4 checkers on the bar while your opponent holds 3 or more points in his home. While in BG it can be a disadvantage to make your own 1 or 2 point early in the game, the extra checkers available in CBG may make that less of a consideration.

More so even than in regular BG, the emphasis is on position. I have been slotting strategic points -- especially the 5 and 7 points on both sides -- more aggressively.

I have yet to fully understand the implications of being able to build a prime and still have 8 checkers left over. I will probably learn more about that as the games I am playing progress. A related point I will be watching closely is whether it makes sense to play a massive backgame, with 6 or 8 checkers (or even more) deep in the opponent's board. Timing will need to be relearned from scratch, I think, in light of the additional pipcount available.

I moved the message I posted here a few minutes ago to the Crowded Backgammon discussion board -- I didn't realize there was one!

Hello everyone! I'm new to the site and just wanted to say howdy. I make multiple moves a day and love playing the games. Anyone wanting to play backgammon let me know and I would be happy to play you. I like making new friends. Carol

I will add medium size ASAP.

i didn't know that because it shows up on my games won.....no problem.....thanks for filling me in on the way it works...:)

Your game with Athesa was not rated because it was deleted with fewer than 4 moves.

hey...i've finished 4 games of crowded gammon...why no rating....at first i figured there wasn't enough players to start a ratings page yet but now i see other people are already rated....why not me....???

Go to settings then backgammon. There is only small and large, no medium.

sorry , I have been trying for a long time... I don't believe there is. I know it is hard to get used to..

Go to my profile to the left column... you should be able to change it there.

In my last game with clusam, I won the game and thanked him and then it showed that he won the game and he thanked me....confusing..

I wonder if it's possible to have the game board a medium size!!!

If your opponents' ratings are much below yours it will not change your rating, because actually applying the formula will cause your rating to go down. If your opponent's rating was not a lot below yours it should have gone up.

If you click on "My profile" on the left (or top, if you're using row layout) and click the blue (edit) beside "My Profile". There are option buttons there that allow you to select the appropriate selection :-)

how do you change your gender Im a female I overlooked it when I signed in

1 day moves, Nackgammon, Games start on the 7th...come along and have some Nack fun!

when a players piece is hit in their own home quarter it would add anywhere from 25 to 19 pips to their score...depending on which space it was on when it was hit....if it's hit on their opponets home quarter it would only add 1 to 6 points to their score....i wish i could explain better...maybe after another coffee i'll think a little clearer and be able to explain better..lol

will do, invites on the way:-)

okay, thx. Fencer.

If you are looking for a new opponent for
Backgammon, please send me an invite.

Later. Working on 10 features at the same time [including this one].

is there any way to lighten the background? i can hardly see the black tiles, and the dice are hard to see. thx. for fixing the direction of the boards.

Each man on the bar should add 25 to the pip count.

And what is the correct value for a man on the bar?

I would like to know how I should count the points correctly, can you help me? :-)

There seems to be a bug in the pip count when there is a man on the bar. It looks like he is counted twice giving a count 25 too high.

if the points at the bottom of the anti game is supposed to be the number of pips left...it's not right....i had a game that i hit a players piece and instead of the piece adding 5 points to their score it added 48...lol..i mean that's 2 full boards of pips....i don't usually play by the points anyway but i just noticed it...kinda gave me a good chuckle...:)

I might be away for a short time but will be looking to join in with that when I come back.

I started a nackgamon tournament with 3 days time out, and nobody has signed up :(
This is my first one, and hopefully not my last. So if you like nackgammon, or backgammon and want to try something a lil different, please come play. Sign ups end on the 27th..everyone is welcome :):)

While you're at it. :o)
You always roll your dice onto your right-hand half of the board, which means your opponent's dice are always on the left.

Will be done. Soon :-)

Fencer, Thanks for getting the boards "right".
Now, how about the dice size?

It should be fixed. Sorry.

I have started a backgammon tourney. No limit to the number of players. Anyone from Brain Pawn membership and up can play. It starts tomorrow (20th), so hurry and sign in if you'd like to play. This will be a regular tournament, with a new one starting at regular intervals (to be determined yet).

Click on the Tournament link on the left hand side of the page, and click on my tournament name to join.

I have also started a backgammon tourney. No limit to the number of players. Anyone from Brain Pawn membership and up can play. It starts tomorrow (20th), so hurry and sign in if you'd like to play. This will be a regular tournament, with a new one starting at regular intervals (to be determined yet).

I think it is safe to assume you are playing 5 single point games - no cube, no gammons.

I started a 5pt game expecting to see the doubling cube...ahhhhhh now I find I have to play 5 games instead (too late to delete) I also would like to know if a gammon is going to count in a 5pt game? LOL or do I just have to play and find out?

On my games, it is just below the board. It says Points: XX

Is Pip count available and I don't know how to display it or is it not yet a feature ?

I just want to say hello to all players,and I'm glad to see that there is Backgammon and Anti-Backgammon to this site too.I'm open to all invitations

l play backgammon on a lot of sites and ld like to say that this site actually has true random rolls, its the first site lve seen that does, wtg fencer, l love it

Is there anyway that I can make those darn dice bigger? I'm using a webtv not a Computer :)

LOL...with an attitude like yours lobster, I think we'll all gladly roll out the red carpet...right out the front door. :)

I learned to play Backgammon on an actual board I do know that it is infact a rule.
Thanx lobster for the back up. LOL

I have been playing Back & Nack for 2 months & its not a rule i have heard of.! - Thanks for raising this issue, i shall be watching for this happening.:)

this is soo confusing. also sometimes I have a 5 and 3 and it will give me a 4 and a 2 --- bugs"??

We didn't even move yet and said other opponent won.