I have written a whole book about this (using old and ancient race games), which I hope to publish one day. And yes, it will be hard to change even the readers' minds.
-Joseph On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 at 08:58, Rich Heimlich <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, let's also be clear about some harsh realities here. Backgammon is > always going to be seen in the same light as checkers. It just is. No > matter how big the following, it's never going to be chess or have that > sort of following. It's pretty much seen as a beginner's game that you keep > around because it's easy to teach and play. We know differently, but that > takes exposure. If anyone here doubts that, just look at the OVERWHELMING > number of reviews of virtually any even remotely decent backgammon game. > They're flooded with cries of cheating dice rolls and that's simply due to > no one believing that backgammon could possibly be played that well. They > used to win at it all the time and now a computer program hoses them so > they swear it must be cheating -- yet the same people would not act the > same way about a chess program beating them. Chess is "complicated" so of > course a computer can beat them. > > That's the big challenge for backgammon apps today. They're all over the > place, generally free and lowly-regarded. Gaining market share in that sort > of environment is a tough climb. >
