If I were writing a column on "practical" backgammon game, here would be the titles to some of my articles:
Maximize Your Wins by Choosing Worse Opponents
How to Break your Opponent's Fingers
Things to do to Amuse Yourself While Playing a Slow Opponent
Effective Sneering
Gloating with the Champs
The Twelve Best Excuses you can use for Losing
How to Kick your Hitting Addiction
How to Distract Your Opponent (using smell and other tactics)
Nice Things to Say When you Win (that will really piss them off!)
How to Smell a Fish
A Users Guide to Throwing the Dice and Cubes out the Window
Why it's Always Better to Play Left-to-Right
How to Get Your Opponent Loaded
How to move Checkers with Various Body Parts
Backgammon Attire--How to Make a Fashion Statement People will Remember
Fun Ways to Cube Your Opponent
Phil Simborg
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