Backgammon Goes Online.

It seems that some popular board games are starting to appear on the net. One of these is backgammon, which is a game for two players. Each player has fifteen pieces, which move between twenty-four triangles depending on the roll of two dice. You win the game when you move all fifteen pieces off the board.

The game is believed to have originated in Mesopotamia in the Persian Empire or the present day Iran, Iraq, and Syria and is the oldest known recorded game in history. It is no surprise that it has found it’s way online at PartyGammon.com.

Players are online 24/7, so you are bound to always find someone to play with, and they offer a great variety of backgammon games. Plus, their easy-to-use software lets you create an account and start playing in no time. Did I mention the software was free?

They even have an online school to teach those new to the game complete with rules, glossary and interactive tutorials make learning the world's most popular board game easy. So if you got some spare time to kill log onto PartyGammon.com.