#16

King me

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#17

oh right yeah. this is true. is a gentleman’s/gentlewoman’s game for sure.

#18

Everyone I’ve ever spoken to about it swears blind that NO-ONE cheats :smiley:

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#19

good thing about backgammon is it’s actually loads of different games :thumbsup:

#20

Dad tried to teach me once, but it seemed very complex, and also based around working with a partner which made it even more complex especially when someone knew what they were doing and someone didn’t.

In the future, instead of old people sat around playing bridge, do you we as old people will be sat around playing the PS24 or whatever console they’ll have then?

#21

We used to

#22

Our retirement homes will be full of people playing Yugioh and Magic: the Gathering.

I will be in a huff because nobody will be listening to me explaining why Netrunner’s better.

#23

I and my regular partner had a code for showing each other which was our strongest suit before the bidding started.

#24

You should get Hanabi, @eems. Little card game where you’re basically trying to build tricks with your partner by communicating limited information with each other. Except you hold your hand of cards facing outwards so you never see what’s in your own hand.

I think it’s popular in the @plasticniki house.

#25

YES

In my experience it works better when there’s more than 2 of you though.

#26

It is a little bit of an argument generator with two.

#27

well yeah if you were playing for money I can understand this. can’t imagine wanting to cheat at bridge just for the thrill of winning

#28

There was some controversy in the penoid card game community last year when someone who won a major tournament was caught cheating on film a few times during the tournament (palming cards to draw more cards than they should). Then made a sockpuppet forum account to defend themselves and got caught out too.

There wasn’t even any money at stake or anything. People are weird.

#29

It’s not a game, it’s officially recognised as a ‘mind sport’ by the International Olympic Committee (the only other one being chess) :+1:

#30

fo,m

Jesus Christ.

#31

Actually bridge boxing would be excellent. Tag in your partner when you’re getting a pasting.

#32

rolls eyes

#33

Might need to tag your partner in mate, you look like you’re out on your feet here.

#34

I know it’s really ancient but that’s about all, really cool that some buff roman dudes were playing it though.

#35

and weedy ones too.

I don’t know hardly anything about it, just that there’s loads of different ways to play it. the board and pieces are the only things that “are” backgammon if you catch my drift.