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Backgammon video game

Posted By: mtuhtan
Date: Monday, 20 December 2010, at 11:36 a.m.

In Response To: Popularity of Backgammon 1920-2008 (Joe Russell)

We need to expose backgammon to the video gamers.

Some kind of "XG meets Career mode"?

Player starts with $500 and can enter local 8-player tournaments with $20 entry fee (he plays against XG players who make a lot of mistakes).
After winning such tournament, his rating rises and he can enter $50 local tournaments.

After that, he can play $100 regional 16-player tournaments (XG plays better than before), $200 32-player tournaments, $500 64-player tournaments and in the end $1000 64-player "world championship".

Make sure that computer players have identity, profile, character. So player doesn't play against "XG beginner", but plays against (just for illustration) players from Danny Kleinman's books (Colonel Whiteflag, Susie Suspicious, Marty Mafios, Barpoint Bob, etc.)

In pause of career, player can play money games against computer to unlock some extras in a game (new board designs, e.g.)

Also include online mode where player can play against other players to earn more in-game money and better rating.

If you (plural) were 14 year old boy, would you play something like this? :)

Messages In This Thread

• Popularity of Backgammon 1920-2008
  Tom Keith -- Saturday, 18 December 2010, at 9:37 p.m.
  • Way cool, Tom!
    Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 18 December 2010, at 10:27 p.m.
    • Way cool, Tom!
      Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 18 December 2010, at 10:40 p.m.
      • Way cool, Tom!
        nori -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 6:19 p.m.
  • Popularity of Backgammon,Nard,Tabula 1560-2008
    Michael Petch -- Saturday, 18 December 2010, at 11:40 p.m.
    • Before Stick gets on the time machine
      Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 12:09 a.m.
  • Popularity of Backgammon 1920-2008
    garyo -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 3:04 p.m.
    • Popularity of Backgammon 1920-2008
      Tom Keith -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 3:27 p.m.
      • How do we interpret these?
        Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 4:31 p.m.
        • How do we interpret these?
          Stick -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 4:41 p.m.
          • How do we interpret these?
            Tom Keith -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 5:08 p.m.
            • Go, Chuck! *NM*
              Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 5:18 p.m.
          • How do we interpret these?
            Michael Petch -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 5:47 p.m.
        • How do we interpret these?
          Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 6:08 p.m.
      • Interpreting the last three graphs
        mamabear -- Sunday, 19 December 2010, at 4:43 p.m.
      • Popularity of Backgammon 1920-2008
        Joe Russell -- Monday, 20 December 2010, at 10:03 a.m.
        • Popularity of Backgammon 1920-2008
          Joe Russell -- Monday, 20 December 2010, at 10:08 a.m.
          • Backgammon video game
            mtuhtan -- Monday, 20 December 2010, at 11:36 a.m.
        • Popularity of Backgammon 1920-2008
          Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 20 December 2010, at 1:48 p.m.
        • pour me one!
          Chuck Bower -- Monday, 20 December 2010, at 6:36 p.m.