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On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 17:30:53 -0500
"nelgin" <nelgin@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:


I guess it would have helped to include a body along with the email :)

Although I didn't own it, I always enjoyed Mouse Trap. It was fun
adding the contraptions and catching the mouse at the end of the game.
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Re: Did you have a favorite board game growing up?
By: nelgin to Agoranet.AGN_GEN on Wed Jul 31 2024 17:30:53

Backgammon. Started playing backin the '80s when it was kind of a thing, especially in college. I was backgammon champ for my fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega.

But there was a dark side. My first semester I spent so much time playing, I neglected my studies and ended up on Academic Probation. Not a great way to start your college career.
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"Mortar" <mortar@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

Re: Did you have a favorite board game growing up?
By: nelgin to Agoranet.AGN_GEN on Wed Jul 31 2024 17:30:53

Backgammon. Started playing backin the '80s when it was kind of a
thing, especially in college. I was backgammon champ for my
fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega.

But there was a dark side. My first semester I spent so much time
playing, I neglected my studies and ended up on Academic Probation.
Not a great way to start your college career.

I never got into backgamoon. A friend taught me how to play it but I
never really got into it.
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nelgin wrote to nelgin <=-

On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 17:30:53 -0500
"nelgin" <nelgin@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

I guess it would have helped to include a body along with the email :)

Although I didn't own it, I always enjoyed Mouse Trap. It was fun
adding the contraptions and catching the mouse at the end of the game.

We would just build it and play with it. :-)




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Mortar wrote to nelgin <=-

Re: Did you have a favorite board game growing up?
By: nelgin to Agoranet.AGN_GEN on Wed Jul 31 2024 17:30:53

Backgammon. Started playing backin the '80s when it was kind of a
thing, especially in college. I was backgammon champ for my
fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega.

Still a great game! As well as dominoes!



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Re: Did you have a favorite b
By: jimmylogan to Mortar on Thu Nov 07 2024 11:35:15

Backgammon. Started playing backin the '80s when it was kind of a thing, especially in college. I was backgammon champ for my fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega.

Still a great game! As well as dominoes!

I've started playing a lot of chess. Trying to increase my rating at chess.com. I went to a chess club in Dallas a few weeks ago and got slaughered. Most of the people had 1200+ rating which is way above me and they played 5 minute games. That's not chess to me. Those that I played without timers I won.

That said, I'd like to enter a tourament where you get 90 minutes plus after 30 minutes after 40 moves. My brain is too old to work any faster.
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Re: Did you have a favorite b
By: nelgin to jimmylogan on Thu Nov 07 2024 01:46 pm

I've started playing a lot of chess. Trying to increase my rating at chess.com. I went to a chess club in Dallas a few weeks ago and got slaughered. Most of the people had 1200+ rating which is way above me and they played 5 minute games. That's not chess to me. Those that I played without timers I won.

I wouldn't mind playing more chess. I like chess but just haven't played it very often.

Over the years, I've enjoyed playing FreeCell solitaire (card game), and I feel like that game requires a little bit of the same ability and strategy to look ahead to see what moves you can/should do in order to win. I think the same type of thinking is required for chess, to look ahead to see how the game might go and what moves you can do against your opponent to come up with a strategy to win.

Nightfox

nelgin wrote to jimmylogan <=-

Re: Did you have a favorite b
By: jimmylogan to Mortar on Thu Nov 07 2024 11:35:15

Backgammon. Started playing backin the '80s when it was kind of a thing, especially in college. I was backgammon champ for my fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega.

Still a great game! As well as dominoes!

I've started playing a lot of chess. Trying to increase my rating at chess.com. I went to a chess club in Dallas a few weeks ago and got slaughered. Most of the people had 1200+ rating which is way above me
and they played 5 minute games. That's not chess to me. Those that I played without timers I won.

That said, I'd like to enter a tourament where you get 90 minutes plus after 30 minutes after 40 moves. My brain is too old to work any
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Glad you're enjoying it! I have played chess, but not a huge fan.




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Re: Did you have a favorite b
By: nelgin to jimmylogan on Thu Nov 07 2024 13:46:01

I've started playing a lot of chess.

When I was around eight or nine, I used to check out chess books from the library. I didn't know how to play, but for some reason I was facinated by the game. I had one of those checkers/chess boards and I taught myself how to play using that. Many years later, I taught my Bro-inlaw how to play and he proceeded to kick my butt in almost every game. I decided that chess just wasn't my game, so I switched to backgammon, which I excelled at and enjoyed a lot more, even when I lost.
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Mortar wrote to jimmylogan <=-

Re: Did you have a favorite b
By: nelgin to jimmylogan on Thu Nov 07 2024 13:46:01

I've started playing a lot of chess.

When I was around eight or nine, I used to check out chess books from
the library. I didn't know how to play, but for some reason I was facinated by the game. I had one of those checkers/chess boards and I taught myself how to play using that. Many years later, I taught my Bro-inlaw how to play and he proceeded to kick my butt in almost every game. I decided that chess just wasn't my game, so I switched to backgammon, which I excelled at and enjoyed a lot more, even when I
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I enjoy backgammon too. :-)

Dominoes is fun as well - speaking of simple yet great games to play.





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