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Backgammon for Serious Players (by Bill Robertie)
This practical book, while targeted to players with some experience, is useful even to highly motivated beginners. |
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501 Essential Backgammon Problems (by Bill Robertie)
Two-time world backgammon champion Bill Robertie offers problems and analysis for backgammon players at nearly every experience level in "501 Essential Backgammon Problems". |
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Backgammon Books for Advanced Players
This is essentially a series of backgammon problems, each with a solution provided by the author. While the next problem might seem identical to the first, there is a minute difference in the situation which leads to a different solution. |
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Recommended Backgammon Books
This book provides complete discussion of the basics of play in regards to the aggressive 'modern' form of backgammon. The advice is far more accurate than that found in many other books for beginners. |
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100 Backgammon Puzzles, Improve Your Backgammon , How Good Are You at Backgammon
100 Backgammon Puzzles contains fascinating and challenging backgammon puzzles that can be enjoyed without ever setting up a board. The first half of the book presents decisions on checker plays, while the second half deals with decisions on whether to double and whether to accept an offered cube. The book begins with a brief, yet thorough, introduction to the basic strategy of the game, and below each illustrated puzzle are some valuable hints and tips to help guide both the experienced and casual player. |
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Backgammon, The Cruelest Game (by Barclay Cooke & Jon Bradshaw)
When Random House published this book back in 1974, there were not many books in existence on the subject of Backgammon. The ones that were in print generally dealt with the basic strategic approach to the game. Bower's book was pretty much the first published work to deal with the concept of advanced strategy. More than thirty years later this book has stood the test of time and has managed to still be relevant. |
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Classic Backgammon Revisited, Second Edition
A bot is a computer program that basically plays the game as flawlessly as inhumanly possible. Author Jeremy Paul Bagai uses these bots to analyze and challenge the conventional wisdom that has become entrenched dogma about what exactly constitutes good play. |
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Winning With the Doubling Cube
Anybody who has any experience with the game of backgammon knows just how important the doubling cube is to the game. When Gammon Press published this book by Peter Bell, it was the first such book entirely devoted to how somebody should use the doubling cube to improve their play. |
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Where to Gain Backgammon Knowledge? Two Books to Get You Started
Even the Scarecrow from "The Wizard of Oz" is smart enough – even before getting a brain – to tell you that if you want to improve in the game of backgammon, you need to seek out the wisdom and experience of others. And of course for many of us, that means hunting for a good book on the subject. |
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The Amazing Book of Backgammon, Backgammon Boot Camp
What if you are stranded in-house or find yourself without a good backgammon buddy or tutor to help you get started in the game or improve your play? Out of luck? Not by a long shot! |
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501 Essential Backgammon Problems, New Ideas in Backgammon
You've heard the saying, "Mind over matter"? Well, a good backgammon book can put you in a position as a smarter player with a mind made of better brain matter - or something like that. |
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Starting Out in Backgammon, World Class Backgammon Move by Move
Once again it's time for our faithful segment on enlightening your backgammon world through the power of literature. We have a couple of books that we'd like you to check out (either in your local library or at your local bookstore). |
