A backgammon and chess player leaves more than 3 decades of playing the games toward the Asian board game Go, all because of the computer's influence on both backgammon and chess.
More challenging than checkers and not as complicated as chess, it can appeal 5 year olds and older high stake gamblers, backgammon is one of the best games a gentleman can play.
The new online game Quadradius blends the simplicity of the classic board game checkers and the complexity of today's video strategic games such as BattleBots.
At the same time as 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, London is holding the 12th Mind Sports Olympiad and Prague is getting ready for the Central Euoropean Mind Sports Olympiad.