Play Backgammon – Simply Irresistible



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Play Backgammon – Simply Irresistible

All I wanted was to play backgammon online; I did not think that one game can change my life.

Lately I signed up to an online backgammon site, one of those sites where I could also play backgammon for enjoyment and for cash. It was simple at first; I downloaded the software, which took just a fasten minutes to begin. I started discovering the site, checking backgammon rules, tips and suggestions. Then browsed through the backgammon site's members; some of the players had profiles and some even had pictures, and short explanations about themselves. I found that there was good cross section of players from different ages and locations who just happen to love to play backgammon.

I did not have the courage to actually play backgammon at the beginning. I continued collecting more and more information about the game and the type of people who play backgammon online. It was not unusual, but I felt edgy about playing a game against a total stranger, probably because I thought I would instantly expose myself as an entire beginner and become humiliated by my short of skill. Yet, I was not alone.

My First Backgammon Play

There were hundreds of players previously registered, so I just looked for backgammon players with similar skill level among the dozens of names on the screen. Then I moved to the chat room and began communicating via the text discussion with my first online backgammon opponent, named John, He then rolled first and moved his pieces.

When I asked him where is he from and what does he do, the reply came back as “USA, and I am a teacher. Your turn” A male teacher I thought, extraordinary…I rolled the dice with the mouse and the dice rolled out a four and a six, I hesitated as I moved the pieces. .”You’re new to this aren’t you?" came the text reply: ” Don’t be concerned…just play backgammon how you want to”.

Do you Know who You Play when You Play Backgammon?

This text conversation was getting the least strange. I moved my pieces bit by bit and waited. The next few words were to modify the game entirely for me ………“Do you think I am a guy….I’m not my name is John its short for Johanna…I am all female, I only use the john to stop perverts trying to get into my pants, you get all sorts on these sites you know.".

I must say I thought there was something odd and now knowing that I was playing a woman, made the contest all the more interesting. I actually learned how to play backgammon from "John". She taught me the moves that I should make and the moves I shouldn’t, what's a doubling cube and what is an Anchor and so on. Few weeks later, we became more than virtual game partners.

After awhile I thought, well if things will remain like this, I will try to meet her outside the backgammon site and then, who knows. So, we exchanged pictures and continued playing backgammon every night. And with each and every backgammon game we play I get closer to her… I love backgammon, and maybe I also love John. For me this was love at first site…