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Backgammon Rules and Instructions : The Last Quadrant in Backgammon
Posted on 503 September 2009 by admin in backgammon
Your checker is on the backgammon home stretch! Learn how to play backgammon in this free online video clip, including entering the last quadrant of the game.
Expert: Malcolm Davis
Bio: Malcolm Davis has been a professional backgammon player for more than 30 years.
Filmmaker: Kenny Saylors
Duration : 0:2:4
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Chess Traps #3: King’s Gambit Declined Trap
Posted on 502 September 2009 by admin in chess
This video looks at a possible trapping line played by black in the King’s Gambit Declined. The trap offers up a free pawn to the white player that has devastating consequences if taken. The video also covers white’s best option to avoid the trapping lines and create a comfortable position from which to work from.
Duration : 0:6:8
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Board Game Show, Through the Desert w/ Reiner Knizia Pt1
Posted on 213 September 2009 by admin in board games
Part 1: Discussion of the popular board game, Through the Desert, with its designer, Reiner Knizia.
Do you like games like Monopoly, Risk, Stratego, Dungeons and Dragons, chess, checkers, uno, battleship and connect four? If so the Board Room will introduce you to a whole new crop of advanced games that you may not have heard of before. Learn to play them, learn about how they were designed and pick up tips and tricks on winning them.
Reiner Knizia designed such games as Tigris and Euphrates, Taj Mahal, Amun-Re and Kingdoms. Bob Schwartz and the Board Room were very honored to do a multi-part interview with him in the year 2000.
This multi-part interview provides valuable insight into the designer and his games.
Duration : 0:5:5
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Pandemic -A Co-Operative Board Game
Posted on 2711 August 2009 by admin in board games
http://www.bestdanggames.com/pandemic.html
Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to a team of specialists in various fields to find cures for these diseases before mankind is wiped out.
In Pandemic, players must work together, playing to their characters’ strengths and planning their strategy of eradication before the diseases overwhelm the world with ever-increasing outbreaks. But the diseases are outbreaking fast and time is running out: the team must try to stem the tide of infection in diseased areas while also towards cures.
Duration : 0:3:13
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Backgammon Rules and Instructions : Setting Up a Backgammon Board
Posted on 2407 August 2009 by admin in backgammon
Get set up for the big backgammon match. Learn how to set up a backgammon board and the appropriate terms for the playing pieces.
Expert: Malcolm Davis
Bio: Malcolm Davis has been a professional backgammon player for more than 30 years.
Filmmaker: Kenny Saylors
Duration : 0:1:31
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