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Vic Morawski
Director, Baltimore Backgammon Club
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Backgammon

A video introduction to Backgammon taught by former college educator and current Baltimore Backgammon Club Director, Vic Morawski. While aimed primarily at beginning and novice level players, the video series contains some tips and insights that should be of interest to intermediate players and to those wishing to make the transition from internet to live play. After familiarizing viewers with the basic parts of a Backgammon set and presenting an overview of the game's rules, this well-organized series shows how experienced players approach the game by introducing the types of game plans used by them to play winning Backgammon: The Running Game, the Blitz, Priming Game, Holding Game and Back Game.

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Vic Morawski: Hi, I am Vic Morawski, I am the Director currently of the Baltimore Backgammon Club. Today, we are going to introduce you to the game Backgammon, we will start out with an overview of the rules, we will look at some strategy for winning at Backgammon. We are going to review some game plans, let you know a little bit about on how experienced good players think about the game and how they win?

Okay! And you will need to do, to follow us along or to play backgammon. This is a regular backgammon set, which we will talk about later. I myself have been playing backgammon, since the 1970's, that was a product of that craze. I am the currently of the Baltimore Backgammon Club and advisor to the Mid-Atlantic Backgammon Championships and American Backgammon Tournament.

Okay! So, let's get started and we will introduce you to the game of Backgammon.

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