Welcome to Backgammon World
There is no doubt about it, Backgammon has been around for thousands of years. In fact if you take a few minutes of your time to read the "History of Backgammon" you will see that proof was found that the game was played by the ancient Egyptians as early as 3000BC. Over the years, the game was known by different names such as Senet, Nard, Shesh Besh and many others.
Through the many years of changes, by different cultures and countries, the game has evolved to where Backgammon (or Tables) had become one of the most popular games in the world. In fact in the 1970's Backgammon came into the world spotlight when the first Backgammon World Championships were held in the Bahamas.
In the late 1970's and early 1980's, as video games and pinball games became more popular, board games (or parlor games) lost some of their appeal, until recently.
With the advent and ever increasing popularity of the computer generation, many of the older and well established games of the world have seen a bit of a re-birth. Some computer software manufacturers realized this and often many of the most popular software titles sold in stores were games.
As computer users around the world become more comfortable with the Internet, it only makes logical sense that their game play would also move online. In recent years online gaming has become extremely popular.
Online Backgammon is one of the fastest growing segments of Internet gaming.
Online Backgammon
No matter what time of the day it is, no matter where you live, someone, somewhere in the world is sitting at their computer enjoying a game of online backgammon. Because of this, you can always find a backgammon game or tournament to join and play in.
Finding opponents that will both challenge you as well as help you learn and understand the game better is as easy as just logging on to the internet and loading up the game software from your favorite online backgammon property.
Here at Backgammon-World.com, we have invested much time and effort into helping our visitors find places to play backgammon online. We have attempted to list all the largest backgammon properties with the most popular games and tournaments offering the biggest prizes and jackpots.
We recommend that you add our site to your favorites and return on a regular basis to stay informed of the latest happenings in the World of Backgammon!
Backgammon Links
Our website here at Backgammon World provides our visitors with links to other websites we feel would be of value. We urge you to bookmark our site in your favorites so you can easily return at any time to further explore the growing list of Backgammon Resources we have to offer.
We have set most off-site links to open in a new window, therefore you may need to temporarily disable your pop-up blocker when following any links to other related sites.(quite often this can be done easily within your toolbar, or by holding down the control key when clicking on a link)
If you feel there are very important sites missing from our related links sections, be sure to check our Strategic Partner sections as well as our directory of Backgammon Sites and Portals. If you know of sites that would be of value to our visitors that is not currently listed, information on how to get sites listed is contained within the Sites and Portals Directory.
