Beginner Backgammon Playthrough: Husband vs Wife l Blunder Blots Playthrough Ep. 2
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2023
- Today I have another backgammon playthrough with a husband vs wife edition! My wife's always been a quick study of the game and as I discussed in my last video, typically gives me a royal beating. Can I overcome her skill and luck? Watch and find out on Ep.2 of Blunder Blots Playthroughs!
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Warms my heart that you have infused your love of backgammon into your wife! Excited for more and thanks for putting out such well produced BG content. Amazing advertisement for BG and makes me want to get my fiance' to play with me more often!
Hi Eli! I'm having a lot of fun making these videos. It means a lot when people enjoy them! 😃 I had to do some gentle nudging at first, haha, but she quickly started enjoying it as well. I do a lot of reading and learning, but she's a sponge over the board and picks it all up right away. Definitely get your fiance' playing more. Good stuff!
Thanks for watching and cheers! 😀
@@blunderblots yes, I have read a ton, studied with XG and played a lot on galaxy..so i would say i am a pretty good player. but it is kind of amazing when my fiance who barely plays find elegant solutions. She is logic oriented and good at sudoku so I think she does well with puzzles. And BG is just a million tiny puzzles. Seems like your wife has a good feel for the game. Happy playing!
@@EliJolleyBridge Yes, my wife loves sudoku and puzzles as well! I guess that just goes hand in hand with backgammon, haha. Makes for fun games though!
Happy playing to you as well, Eli! Cheers! 😀
Agreed, I wish everyone could marry their best friend.
Amazing. I hope my girl get's hooked when my board arrives.
Yeah, I got lucky that way haha. She definitely isn’t as in to it as I am, but she still likes it a lot 👍🏻👍🏻
Hello Jason, after watching your first video yesterday I immediately went ahead and subscribed to your CZcams channel. This is the ONLY board game I play! Literally! I’m just not that into the others or wanting to spend much time on. Backgammon is simply the greatest of them all! At least it is to me. I’ve been playing it since 1977 every day as much as I can. A friend of mine John Holmes R.I.P. introduced it to my brother and then my brother showed me how to play. Thank you John ! My brother and I share this and we never can get enough of it. We’ve been to tournaments, got a large library of gammon books, taken lessons on line, play on line, and in our tiny little pathetic club where we’ve been trying to grow more players. I only have ONE single regret about backgammon. That I didn’t begin to study it from the get-go. So yes, been playing it for 46 years however I am NO expert by any means. There’s so much to it learning which makes it fun too. One of the most interesting things if not the most about it for me is that on every single move that you play your checkers/men there’s just one of them that is correct. You may still make a good move but there’s always going to be the very best move. I’m looking forward to your other videos and thanks for your new gammon channel. Happy dice 🎲 rolling…..
Hi Rick! Thank you for the kind words! Its sure is a great game! I can't get enough of it either, haha. I'm always asking friends and family if they want to play. I'm currently at the Cherry Blossom Tournament prep and to be surrounded by so many backgammon players has been SO cool.
Thank you for sharing your story! 😀 It's really cool to hear how people got into the game. There's something incredibly special about the game. I've said it many times in my videos already, but it really is fun if you win and fun if you lose (for me at least). The more I'm learning about the game the more I'm realizing how much I don't know, but I'm looking forward to continuing studying!
Maybe one day we can get a game in. Happy dice rolling to you as well. Cheers! 😀
That 80’s vibe music that started playing reminds me of a mega man video game.
Yeah me too! I love some good synth/80s style music from time to time haha. Very nostalgic! 😃
Thanks for watching!
Have thoroughly enjoyed your videos on Backgammon. I started learning/playing about the same time as you. The more I play the more I enjoy.Typically I get to play 3 to maybe 4 times a week. Occasionally with my wife but mostly with a 16 year old high schooler (who I taught the game to). He has really gotten into the game and is a super tough opponent. Anyway, thanks for your videos. I'll look forward to more.
Hello! I'm so glad you've been enjoying the videos! It really is such a great game isn't it? 😀 I totally agree with you on the enjoyment part. The more I play the more I realize I don't know, haha. Which is awesome because I love learning about this game and improving. It's just so much fun!
Thanks for watching and cheers! 😀
Something I would like to see in the future is what XG thinks of your moves. I don't know if a tracker for the whole game is necessary, but definitely for blunders or mistakes. Viewers who are new to backgammon (like myself) can get some insight off of what the best move is and why other moves are blunders. Keep up the great work! I'm loving your videos so far.
Hi J V! That's great feedback! I'll try to think of a fun and creative way to incorporate that into the playthroughs! It's definitely nice to see the blunders, especially from an educational perspective. 😃 My 41 play after Bri's 55 at 9:40 in the game was a blunder of mine. I should have played Bar/24 13/9 according to XG.
We're hoping to do a breakdown of a few of the plays in an upcoming video as well. Thanks for the kind words and for watching! Cheers!
Loving the videos on this channel! As an absolute beginner I would love to see some even more beginner videos from you. Things like basic opening principles, some strategies like blitzing and running explained, terminology breakdown, things like that. Keep up the great content though!
Hello! Thanks so much! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. I've been debating doing something like that. I'll see what I can come up with. I appreciate the input. Cheers! 😀
Great stuff. Love your channel
Great quality video, as always!
Thank you very much and thanks for watching! 😉
This is what BG is all about - having fun!
Hi MopUp! You're so right! Glad it came across well in the video, because we sure did have fun. Thanks for watching and cheers! 😃
Awesome video! I had so much fun watching it and I love the originality in the 'format' with you guys chatting and having fun in between the rolls. Well played!
Hi Mattias! Thanks so much and I'm glad you enjoyed it! It was a lot of fun to make!
Thanks for watching and cheers! 😀
Nice videos bro love the content looking for more in the upcoming days
Hi Pinar! Thank you for the kind words and for watching! 😃 I definitely have a lot planned. Cheers!
For future videos, you two should bet some of the housework on the game. That'll add some fun stakes to the game. One thing that helped when someone pointed it out to me, if you roll an even number you'll land on the same color as you start but odd number means you land on the other color.
Hi osumarko! That's a great idea (my wife agrees)! Laundry or dishes for sure 😉
Thanks for the tip! I haven't heard of that before and that's super helpful. Thanks for sharing and cheers! 😀
My wife and I are serious players and the number of comments along this line is staggering. We play to get better and win at tournaments. 🙂
@@mmesich Maybe one day my wife and I can play in a tournament together too! It's great to have a training partner under the same roof I bet! Have you ever had to play each other in a tournament match? I bet that would be fun and terrifying at the same time, haha.
Thanks for watching! 😁
My wife and I have been doing this with poker lately and it's been really fun - household work, getting to pick that night's movie, or what we have for dinner, for example. I could see doing something with the doubling cube to make it more exciting, relevant, and risky; betting money just doesn't work when you share finances and I wouldn't want to win money off of her anyway ha ha!
@@blunderblots many times, including the first American Backgammon Tour tournament we traveled to! The good news is that at least one of us advances! My wife is better than I am so it's always a challenge.
Another great video! Looks and sounds so much as the games I play at home with my wife and friends 😜. Btw, the new board arrived and it's awesome.
Hi somedutcher! Haha, gotta love it! Those sassy wives 😂 Fun times for sure!
It came!? That's awesome! I'd love to see photos/videos of it if you post it anywhere! 😀 Thanks for watching as always!
First getting a feel for the checkers/dice and BG itself, no cube is cool. However after a few sessions soon as your comfortable with everything-learn to play with the cube.
The cube opens up a whole different world in BG and you’ll see a much deeper game and more to learn and as a long term result a longer engagement with BG. Play just checkers does get old after a while. With the cube, it will hold your attention for much much longer. As the cube is also essential for match play (can play matches without it, but it gets dull).
Good luck, have fun! Nice board, love the orange 😍😍
Hi Eric! Great advice! I feel like I'm definitely "comfortable" with the checkers/dice at this point, so the cube is definitely the next step. It's intimidating for whatever reason, but I see the depth it adds to the game. So cool! I'm definitely eager to get into match play. I'm hoping to go to my first backgammon club next week, which will be a lot of fun! It's an hour and a half away or I'd definitely have gone by now, haha.
I've really been enjoying the board. So many great things about it. Thanks for watching and cheers! 😀
@@blunderblots you will be amazed at the people you meet in the BG world. Not stiff dry nerds, or park bums. Lol.
Lots of biz people, BG players are generally kinda loud, friendly, it’s not a party scene(but not boring either).
I travel the world playing BG, I’ve made friends all over. We go to dinners at tourneys, help each other with positions & then go to war when we play. It’s a friendly bunch. All ages too. I’m 56. I have friends in their early 20’s to late 80’s I play often. Very diverse. The tourneys in America are fun and local clubs too. When I’m in a area with a local club I make a point to drop by. People who play BG all tend to be smart. There’s very little friction within our community.
All the best!
Eric 😃
@@ericpetersen8155 I've already been amazed with everyone in the comments. It's so cool! And it's so awesome to hear your experiences, Eric! Thank you for sharing. I'm really enjoying this game, and to hear there's such a great community around it all is so great. Everyone just seems so warm, inviting and eager to help. I'm sure you've got a lot of great stories from so many places. I'd love to hear about them in person some day! 😀
I'm planning on attending the Chicago Open, and there's a possibility I might be attending Cherry Blossom as well. I'm eager to make videos about both! 😁
Nice couple playing nice game😊
Hi Mehboob! Thanks for saying so, and thanks for watching! Cheers! 😀
Backgammon boardgame is my favorite and the heart of my boardgames and puzzles because of its elements, fundamentals and techniques (strategies/tactics). The doubling cube is not used to roll, just like among the six-sided 🎲. It can make the game finished faster by offering the doubling cube to your opponent, which either accept the offer and take the possession of the D.cube or pass.
Nice backgammon board 😁👍❤️✌️🥳 Sir what's the brandname of your Bbg.
Hi Mark! It sure is a great game! We just recently started playing with the doubling cube. It sure adds a lot of excitement to the game and definitely takes the complexity up a notch. 😃 Really liking it so far!
This board is a Crisloid. It's a great board and I'm really loving it. Thanks for watching and cheers! 😀
Time for precision dice !!!!
Hi horace! Indeed! Do you have any recommendations?
Thanks for watching and cheers! 😃
What a treasure your wife is. My wife's favorite game is slowly turning the vice of aggravation until every ounce of joy and happiness bleeds out from my withered body.
Yikes
Hi longllivecrow! She is! 😃
Goodness! Just gotta keep renewing your joy and happiness I guess! 😅 Thanks for watching!
on the flipside Longlive, she has brought a great bard from within you. Love that sentence, great picture of emotional torment. 😉
i'll post all of your videos in my media and call them "the best backgammon show on youtube")) great job. a little advice - the dices sometimes are not visible on the small board at the bottom of the screen, it may be worth displaying them in separate numbers...maaaaybe. i dont know. Good luck!)
Hi Thamios! Hah! You're to kind! Also, that's great feedback! I'll be sure to implement that for the next video. 👍 Thanks for watching! 😃
While you are still getting a feel of how different positions play out before introducing the doubling cube into the game, just play your games as DMP, meaning gammons and backgammons don't count---you are just playing for 1 point. Then enter your games into XG as DMP, and you won't get dinged for missed cubes. This will also prepare you for playing matches because being able to play well at DMP is super important.
Hi Igor! Ah! That's so good to know. I'm going to look into that. I definitely wasn't sure how to do that, so thank you for clearing that up for me! Thanks for watching and cheers! 😃
@@blunderblots You are welcome! I'm happy to support any backgammon-related initiative. Your videos have a high production quality, and I hope your channel grows. I would also recommend you to consider joining USBGF. Among other perks, this would allow you to play in their online tournaments and earn master points.
@@igorerovenko Also very good to know! I'll look into that as well. Online tournaments sound like a lot of fun. Thanks, Igor!
Also, thank you for the kind words. These videos are a lot of fun to make!
Hitting twice was correct. Based on your 2-1 roll followed by her 5-3 roll...trouble was brewing. But, you did have the 20 point, so you were still in the game. :)
Btw, learn to use the cube as it adds so much more to an already great game...you will not regret it.
Hi eddie! We’re starting to play a few 5 point games! I haven’t been able to review a lot of them, so I’m sure we’re offering some odd cubes, haha. But you’re right! The cube offers such a cool element to the game!
Thanks for watching and cheers! 😃
@@blunderblots One more suggestion, you may want to look into acquiring some 'precision dice' in the future. Not needed for casual games, but are preferred (if available) for tournaments.
@@eddieballgame Thanks for the suggestion! I know Backgammon Galaxy has precision dice. Do you have any other recommendations? 😃
Another awesome video, y'all are adorable lol. My wife is not nearly as graceful when she loses haha. A few things:
1. Loved the Kanine Krunchies reference
2. I'll be ordering my Crisloid this week, pumped to do an unboxing video
3. WHAT IN THE HECK IS THAT SPIDER HUMANOID THING BEHIND YOUR WIFE?? 😂😳😱
Hi J H! Haha! Thanks, we try 😉 We don't always handle it gracefully either 😂
1. Glad you liked that. One of Bri's favorite movies.
2. Awesome! What Crisloid are you going with if you don't mind me asking? I know I mentioned it to you in the other video, but please do share if you post a video.
3. Hah! My wife's a teacher and they made spiders with video filters for their faces. Super funny!
@@blunderblots I have my custom board narrowed down to color schemes and everything, just a few minor details to go... I'm sure the people at Crisloid are getting fed up with all my renditions I've been sending them through the custom editor! I will definitely share the unboxing video in the comments on your next video or here!
Nice, that spider sounds like a great/creative/fun Halloween project; I'm adding that to the ideas folder for our homeschooling cohort!
As always looking forward to the next video and keep up the fantastic work 👍
@@JH-mt5bt Awesome! I can't wait to see it! I'm sure they deal with a lot of revisions. I've heard nothing but good things about them, me included!
Yeah, it's pretty fun! So fun we leave it up year round haha. Always makes us chuckle.
Thanks J H! Cheers! 😃
For Bri's information, the USBGF Women of Backgammon have regular educational sessions and monthly tournaments!
Very cool! I did not know that! I just googled them. This is really neat! We both want to start doing tournaments, even if it's only one or two a year. Thanks for sharing, Michael! 😃
@@blunderblots what city are you guys in? There may be a club in your area.
@@mmesich We're in Wisconsin. The closest clubs are Madison and Milwaukee (from what I've seen), but sadly they're both over an hour away. We're going to check them out soon though!
@@blunderblots we're in the Twin Cities but will be at the big Madison tournament August 10-13th. Maybe we'll see you there! And then of course we have our own big tournament here over labor day weekend, the Viking Classic.
@@mmesich Awesome! We're hoping to make the Madison one! The Viking Classic looks awesome. If we can swing it we'd like to make that happen too.
Definitely, maybe we'll see you there! 😀
This is a Crisloid board correct? Tournament or Champion size? The tournament size looks large to me and would prefer something a wee bit smaller. How does the travel size work for you? That seems to be a bit small (I Saw your videos on that),
Hi Mike! You are correct, it's a Crisloid Anchor Orange (tournament size). I only break the orange one out for tournaments. It's a phenomenal board and made exceptionally well! My wife and I find ourselves playing on the go so much that the smaller boards are more convenient for us (portability, coffee shop tables, etc)
I've only ever played on a Champion sized once and I remember it being nice. Same great Crisloid quality, just a smaller package.
I think it really comes down to use case. Where do you imagine you'll be playing the most? I'm happy to help with any questions. Either way, you can't go wrong with Crisloid. Cheers!
It's a relation test ! 😉
Hah! She still jokes that she let me win there. She normally does beat me though, haha. Cheers! 😀
Jason, this is awesome. Great video. Did you already transcribe it in XG? If you did, how did each of you do?
Hi Jason! Thank you for the kinds words! 😀 I did, but it dinged us a few times for not cubing (I'm not sure how to turn that off). Bri played at PR 9.02 with 4 errors and 1 blunder and I played 8.68 with 3 errors and 1 blunder. Bri's wasn't updating at the end, so I may have done something wrong. I'm still learning XG, so for all I know it's all wrong, haha.
We're hoping to do a video and go over a couple of our plays from this game though that we weren't sure about, so that will be fun! Thanks for watching! 😃
Your 41 after your wife's 5s is an interesting one. Increase contact and diversify to build my board faster....I still miss those. Gotta love this game.
@@blunderblots great idea! Love it man. Keep em coming. You do such a stellar job with these videos.
@@spentgrain Yep, that was my blunder. It seemed so right over the board haha. Such a great game!
@@spentgrain Thanks again! I try to keep them fun and interesting! Hopefully they only get better! 😁
Fun to watch. Have you progress to using the cube yet? What about the clock? 👍
Thanks! 😀 Yes I have. The playthrough after this one with my brother-in-law features the cube. I own a clock and I've used it, but I haven't done any videos with the clock yet. I have it mostly to prepare myself for tournaments 😀
How did you search for a new board go?
@@blunderblots Be interested in your thoughts on the use of the clock. I migrated into backgammon from chess where the clock is a big element of the game. Granted I do not understand completely how the clock is used in backgammon but what I think I understand. You get 2 minutes per game in a match plus 12 sec increments per move. This is the total time you have to play to the entire match. What I am a bit confused about is what happens if you run out of time at the end of the match? Do you lose the match? As for my board search. After weeks of research and agonizing I decided on a board/set from FM Gammon. I contemplated Crisloid, Wyclif and FM Gammon, but in the end I chose FM Gammon over Crisloid primary for the look and feel of the surface Vs cork. Have not received it yet but I am excited to use it.
@@Magyar0649 I don’t usually use a clock for casual games, hence I don’t use the clock all that often, haha. It usually goes 2 minutes per point. So if you’re playing a 5 point match, you get 10 minutes to play the whole match. And yes, 12 seconds is common for the delay. I believe a 15 second delay is used for a lot of intermediate tournaments. If you run out of time, you lose the whole match.
I hear you on the board choices. There are a lot of incredibly cool and great boards out there. I played on an Earth Board not to long ago which is sold by Backgammon Galaxy but made by FM Gammon. It was a lot of fun to play on and there’s no denying the great sound you get from wood edges. I’d love to hear all about it when you get it 😃👍🏻
@@blunderblots Got the board from FM and it is beautiful. Sadly it does not make me play any better, but it sure does look, sound and feel like a 'real' backgammon board. 😄😄
@@Magyar0649 Awesome! I bet it makes you want to play more though! Time and study will definitely improve anyone’s game
Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻😃
Нарлы СПб вас приветствует👋
Привет! Спасибо за прием, и спасибо за просмотр! Я должен был перевести это, поэтому прошу прощения, если это не имеет полного смысла. 👋 😃 I hope Google translate worked for this! Cheers!
@@blunderblots классный канал. У нас много хороших играков. И есть дисцеплина длинные нарды, Nardegammon. Про них мой канал.
@@ivandavelive Спасибо! Я не слышал о такой версии нард. Смотрел немного на вашем канале. Очень интересно!
@@blunderblots очень интересно. Советую.
As an avid backgammon player it was a bit cringy to see how much time you both took to make a decision. But the thing that struck me is that the both of you had very good strategy especially as novices.
Hi xchalibur! Yes, if a clock was brought into the equation we’d both be done for, haha! I guess the trick is to keep practicing to speed up our strategies, and maybe bring a clock in? Thanks for watching and cheers! 😃
@Blunder Blots You are right speed comes with time. The most important thing is to have fun while you're playing no matter who wins. Cheers and hope to see you two soon 😀
@@xchalibur77 We definitely have fun that’s for sure! Great game! 😀