Online Backgammon with iCyberGame

The world’s oldest board game, on your computer screen

Online backgammon is a relative novelty in the online gaming industry, but you wouldn’t know that from the way its popularity has soared since the early days. And, just as poker and other card games have been around for a while, backgammon too harks back to ancient days. As a matter of fact, it is estimated that an ancient ancestor of modern-day backgammon was played as far back as 5000 years ago. This makes it the oldest surviving board game.
Backgammon was immensely popular, across all age groups, even till the late 20th century. However, in 1980s, the rising popularity of video games led to backgammon being slowly relegated to the history books. Though evidently, this downfall was far from permanent; nearly two decades later, this ancient game is back in the limelight thanks to the very same technology that nearly killed backgammon the first time around. Enter online backgammon.

Backgammon: Online vs Traditional

As mentioned before, backgammon is thousands of years old and, over the millennia, has gradually evolved into its current form. Yet, in shifting from the live version to online backgammon, the fundamentals have remained nearly the same.
Online backgammon games and tournaments are massively multiplayer games that are played in accordance with the official rules that are used in international backgammon championships. The software used for online backgammon recreates not just the game rules faithfully, but also includes graphics and ambient sound that make for immersive online gameplay.

Why Online Backgammon

While there may be many arguments one may make for the traditional, live version of the game, accessibility and ease-of-use are not among them. iCybergame’s online backgammon software not only enables you to bring online backgammon to your players, but the software is designed in a way  that reduces the learning curve, as compared to trying it the traditional way.

Players can access online backgammon games 24/7 and can play against opponents from all over the world. The frequency of tournaments is much higher in the world of online backgammon than it is in the offline version of the game. Most online backgammon operators organize daily tourneys, with weekly and monthly special events, as opposed to simple weekly tournaments in the real world.