yes agree !

@@jimbosaul3996 We also agree :-D

So true. I want that board!

Can I have it?

yes!! sell your car...@@mr.rogers7612

Well said. You made a sound counter argument to his logic.

True, but there are times when you can be in a feisty mood and take a more aggressive approach. At the end of the day, it is a game based largely on chance, The really good players can understand the odds of the roll and make make better use of the stats. All said and done, I LOVE this game! I learned it over the pandemic to keep my Persian father-in-law entertained/engaged. At 94 years old, he can still clean my clock.

I think he was just explaining how to identify game states, after the point where the dice steer your strategy into a certain “plan”.

Awesome, thank you!

Glad you liked it!

We appreciate that Jimbo!

Thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated :-) Magriel's book is a classic and he was very much ahead of his time when writing it. BUT... it is also outdated on some areas. We can recommend reading From Basics to Badass as the first book and then move onto Backgammon Pure Strategy and then Cube Like a Boss :-) All available on Amazon.

@@BackgammonGalaxy A video on how to interpret & use the feedback & stats from BG Galaxy would be incredibly helpful. The stats can be puzzling, and the terminology isn’t always clear (is “Advanced” better than “Experienced” for instance?).

loosey deucey !!

Glad you like them!

high stakes! until you realize she knows the blitz but calls it the attacking game. hmm... :-)

Glad you liked it!

@@jorginhosilva6394 i think the site must have purchased the BG program (rather than starting from scratch) because i see the same improbable rolls in galaxy happening with the same unusual frequency in the same positions as on another site I used to play on. example: how often a blot left on the 5 point of my inner board is hit with a five. it must be about 70% of the time, twice the probability. i'll start keeping track.

@@hungrymon7887 There is a certain % of players who focus on the dice and inevitably these players say the dice aren't random. I can assure you the dice generator used on the top 4 sites, Galaxy, GridGammon, BG Studio Heroes, and Safe Harbor are random. I would be joined in this by the very top players in the world as well as %95 of players who are advanced level. Start keeping track and use eXtreme Gammon or GNU to help. You will enjoy the game a lot more if you stop focusing on the dice. If you play live you see crazy, "improbable," rolls all the time. If you must focus on the dice try to remember the improbable rolls that you benefit from. If you can't shake that off this will be a miserable game for you because you will have a chronic feeling of being cheated. Stick with it and good luck!

@@hungrymon7887 From my long experience before online and since, I am sure that's simply a subjective impression. Things may happen unusually often for match after match, for weeks in a row. Then not at all. I see the same things happen with physical dice too.

they are on wikipedia. but many are close calls, so you can choose your own preffered style.

@@jackcarpenters3759 Thank you for the idea! Because there are some close calls, I'd like to hear Marc Olsen's ideas and explanations regarding the moves :)

@@sanji99ijnas Get his book "From Basics to Badass". They are explained in detail.

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Thanks, will do!

Hi Dominic! Thank you so much. Good idea with "Equity". It's not so abstract, it's more mathematical (therefore a bit boring). But it's an essential element to backgammon, since "Equity" is the metric to evaluate the value of a backgammon position, and thereby decide which move is better.

@@BackgammonGalaxy sounds great guys! There you go, I didn't even realise, haha. I'm still working on many fundamentals but would love to nerd out on a some of the more in-depth stuff.

Great to hear! Keep up the good work!

Idk. But online, illegal moves can’t happen

Glad you enjoyed it!

You should checkout Justin McKenna's channel here on KZfaq. He made reviews on a lot of boards and he is always answering questions. For this specific board, Marc made a video where he shows that you can change the colors of the interior (it's a patented technology from the manufacturer). And it has a wooden casing.

Hi, Marc here. Backgammon board colors are subjective. My preferences are: - the background color must be a bright color and not dark or black. - i prefer two-tone-color schemes, rather than the old style three-tone-colors. (like the galaxy boards: neptune and earth board). - the dimensions must be like the Galaxy board (short in the height, long in the width). - checkers must be at least 44mm wide, big checkers = luxury feel.

@@fvizeus Hi Fernando, only just saw your message after I was notified that Marc had answered. I already thought about writing Justin. Might do that, too. But thanks so much for the tip.

@@BackgammonGalaxy Hi Marc, thanks so much for answering. I will take your tips into consideration and probably opt for a FTH board.

This is the Earth Board. Smuggling it to Iran might be difficult ☺️

It is really beautiful and cool! And also a pleasure to play on!

@@BackgammonGalaxy it’s galactic ;)

Lol, true!

Hi. This is most likely an issue in your end as practically none of our users experience this. Perhaps you have an outdated browser or maybe you're running multiple instances of galaxy at the same time on the same or different devices. Lastly this can be caused by outages on you connection. Kind regards.

​@@jorginhosilva6394 The dice rolls are generated using a standard random number generator. Typically less experienced players will always blame the dice for their losses. This is unfortunate for them, as their time is much better spent trying to improve their game. Once you place your checkers more efficiently, you also start to "magically" get good dice ;-)

Es scheint dir nur so weil du Backgammon nicht gut verstehst. Das ist nicht nur meine Meinung, sondern die Meinung der 100 (mindestens) besten Spieler der Welt.