Name/Title
How to Play BackgammonDescription
In addition to the success of his several revisions and reprintings of 'Backgammon in 20 Minutes' in 1930 and his follow-up book in 1931, Harold Thorne produced the first ongoing newspaper column devoted to backgammon positions -- and the only such column until the late 1970's. Thorne's column runs for a whopping 50 installments. The column also may have offered the first transcription of a complete backgammon game of the 1930's boom. A close reading of this series will reward the reader with many vivid glimpses of how the game was played in 1930, from chouette scoring to general etiquitte.Publication Details
Publication Type
ArticlePeriodical
Washington HeraldPeriodical Type
NewspaperDate Published
circa 1930Time Period
Modern BackgammonOther Names and Numbers
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SequenceOther Number
1930_10_27
