Backgammon Blog

Articles from the Online Backgammon team: strategy deep-dives, how fair dice really work, and the culture around the world's oldest board game.

How Server-Side RNG Actually Works

The honest, technical answer to "are online dice rigged?" — generation, certification and why fair dice feel streaky.

·5 min read

5 Opening Mistakes New Players Make

The five most common ways beginners lose a game in the first three rolls, and what rollouts say to do instead.

·5 min read

Backgammon vs Tavla vs Plakoto

One board, three games: how the international, Turkish and Greek branches of the family actually differ.

·5 min read

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