Simply put, the object of backgammon is to migrate your 15 checkers around and off the board with a series of dice rolls. The first player to do so wins the match. Although the object of the game is ...

FITCHBURG — The world of competitive backgammon is small — a core group of players flying around the country, meeting for weekend tournaments at airport hotels. The top-ranked player in the U.S.

Now seems as a good a time as any for a confession. Before I got my grubby hands on Backgammon Blitz, I hadn’t played, or knew how to play the game in the slightest. Fortunately for me and my lacking ...