Games to keep the kids from driving you crazy on long holiday trips Nov 17, 2009
This small set contains more challenging games you can play with older siblings chess, checkers, backgammon. And easier games you can play with the little ones tic tac toe, Chinese checkers. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Luxury resort hopes to revive Rhode Island Nov 7, 2009
Backgammon and croquet will be offered to lend an old-time feel, but modern touches abound, including a 12,000-square-foot spa with seven treatment rooms. An on-site "food forager" will seek out local products for the hotel's restaurants, and guests will have access to a floor butler and 650 feet of private beach. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Bids for Kids Auction is Saturday Apr 7, 2009
12-place settings Noritake china Princeton pattern, six-piece luggage set, Desk Apprentice, printer/scanner/copier, toys, baskets, baskets, baskets, Garfield collectibles, pet Radio Fence, Trek child s bike, crystal chess and backgammon game, antique oil lamps, Red Hat basket and college memorabilia. A silent auction will run concurrently with the voice auction. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Pawn sites seduce Mar 9, 2009
Interest in "traditional" board games is booming, with many new players getting hooked on old favourites such as chess, Scrabble and backgammon via the internet ... " Real-world or "over-the-board" backgammon is also a very different beast from the many online versions that have proliferated. Simon Woodhead, who runs the website Sydney Backgammon (sydbg.uniq.com.au), says the game is hugely popular online but playing face-to-face is, for him, far preferable. "I am old-fashioned in that respect,"... (The Age, Australia)
Refreshed collections include original pages from On the Origin of ... Feb 18, 2009
This is the drawing room where Charles and wife Emma played their nightly backgammon game, said Annie. Theres something very romantic about the fact they kept a tally of the score for their entire marriage Charles, if youre interested, was winning when he died in 1882. (News Shopper)
