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Posted By: David Rockwell In Response To: Good Online Backgammon Sites (chinaski)
Date: Tuesday, 3 June 2008, at 2:04 p.m.
My wife Linda and I play on VOG. Walter Trice plays there as well. Otherwise, there are few serious players. Besides having few serious players, the number of weak players is low too. They have good graphics and a good system. I like their tournament and rating structure. Tournament matches are timed at two or three minutes plus 2 seconds per move or something like that. All matches are automatically saved in .mat format. There is a facility for money play which is seldom used. (They use "tokens".) Don't expect to win real money unless you bring your fish with you. There are a small number of tournaments a year with money added - I think it is $600 per event now. I have not seen any cheating in more than five years on the site. The cost of membership is relatively low. Guests may play. But, they can not play in tournaments and can not get record of their matches. Most play is tournament play since the site lacks critical mass.
The site also offers several variants including acey-deucy and several foreign backgammon variants. There's one variant called Crazy Narde which is unbelievably wild and yet is a difficult skill based game. There are pros in each of the foreign variants.
I'd love to see more serious players join this site. It could be a good site, but it is likely to disappoint in the absense of an increase in membership.
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