Vinco Online Games Club

www.vogclub.com

The costs of running and developing VOG gaming service are supported by Premium Membership fees. They pay for everything: Internet hosting and traffic, equipment, rents, wages etc, although players can play on VOG for free as a guest. VOG offers over $10,000 per year in cash prizes in tournaments. However, only premium members may participate in tournaments with cash prizes. Premium membership also features rated play and no banner ads. Games are archived and available for searching and browsing. Money play available. The $1000 Narde Tournament of Champions (TOC) event is held every 14th week. Two tournaments are hosted as part of the event - the main tournament with an $800 prize fund is hosted in Narde format and a consolation tournament with a $200 prize fund is hosted in Crazy Narde format. The $1000 Backgammon Tournament of Champions (TOC) event is held every 7th week. Two tournaments are hosted as part of the event - the main tournament with an $800 prize fund and a consolation tournament with a $200 prize fund.

Founded: 1998

Parent Company: VinCo Online Games

Supported Languages: English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Italian, Dutch, Greek

Deposit Methods: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover/Novus, Eurocard, or Eurocheques cards, purchase or mail orders, cheques.

Currency: US Dollars, Euros

Software: Download custom software from Vinco Online Games site.

System Requirements: Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. Windows 95 or later.

Games Offered: Backgammon, Narde/Feuga, Longgammon, Hypergammon, Nackgammon, Tapa, and Acey-Deucey.

Game Play Offered: Tournaments, Team Play.

Cost: Regular membership is free. Premier membership is $19.95 for six months; $29.95 for a year; and $49.95 for 2 years.

Tournaments Offered: Round-Robin Tournaments, Single Elimination Tournaments, Swiss Tournaments, Tournament of Champions & Grand Slams

Tournament Purses: Varies

Other Games Offered: Checkers/Draughts, Chess, Reversi/Othello, WordEx & Hearts.

Note: The website for VOG is rather bare bones and doesn't much in the way of information about the parent company (such as its headquarters) or anything else, for that matter. It assumes you're there to play, and pretty much already know the drill.