Can anyone tell me if there are any Backgammon-playing circles/ladders etc. in Sheffield? I'm newly arrived and am suffering serious withdrawal having not played a game for over 6 months. Any players anywhere?

Have a go on www.itsyourturn.com
You can play with people online for free.

The landlord at my local is thinking about setting up a little league/ladder. If it happens I'll let you know.

Nomme

Yeah - now that you mention it I'm suffering withdrawl as well.

We could get a game over a virtual channel - I used to play on FIBS a lot.

Me and Nomme both play, but he obviouly was not saying that.

Originally posted by Dadda
Yeah - now that you mention it I'm suffering withdrawl as well.

We could get a game over a virtual channel - I used to play on FIBS a lot.

Dadda!,

Your the first person I've come across who's heard of FIBS (well apart from the people on FIBS of course!). I used to play quite a bit there too.

Nomme

after reading this post last night I went onto fibs and starting playing & chatting with a guy who recomended monkeyroyale.com which is some sort of league site that uses yahoo backgammon as it's game engine.

I played a couple of games after registering with them and it seems like a good idea. I haven't got to grips with the site or it's underlying principles but it doesn't seem like it's badcore.

There is something called monkey bucks but these seem to be more about attaching some 'value' to games that are started so as to discourage people from abandoning games halfway through etc.

The people that play on monkeyroyale seem friendly (much like here actually) and quite good at backgammon! I've been invited to play in a tournement tonight so I'll let you know how it goes.

Did anything ever come up about that league/ladder Nomme? Ive been back into the gammon recently, spending a bit of time on FIBS, but its not quite the same as playing against real people...

Edd

Originally posted by Edd
Did anything ever come up about that league/ladder Nomme? Ive been back into the gammon recently, spending a bit of time on FIBS, but its not quite the same as playing against real people...

Edd

Funny you should mention it...the landlord was trying to sort something out last night. He's got 8 people interested and he's not sure how it's going to be organised yet so it's still a bit up the air.
I think he wants to stick with 8 for the time being so that it's easier to work things out eg. having a knockout comp as well as a little league.
Still, league aside, I'll give you a game if you like - PM me if your interested. I could introduce you to some of the other BG players too.

Nomme

Second competion is on we need more people 4 i think. If any one is interested pm me or Nomme asap. Thanks

Originally posted by nomme
Dadda!,

Your the first person I've come across who's heard of FIBS (well apart from the people on FIBS of course!). I used to play quite a bit there too.

Nomme


FIBS!
It's all Lies I tell you! lol

Ooh, I've not played for ages. Love that game - and now my little sister does too :)
If anyone wants to play at the Interval then let me know - it even has a table with the 'board' already marked :cool:

i love playing aswell

its ages since i beat nomme