Bringing Sexy Backgammon | Board Game History 

ADAM: We got any Backgammon superfans in the comments? Anyone actually ever bet BIG money on a game? Let us know your stories!!

When he threw the laptop out the door I nearly died laughing. Adam u r just awesome

Bare-legged Adam isn’t real, he can’t hurt you... Bare-legged Adam:

Forcing people to like your favorite game being a part of the hobby for literal decades just feels right

This is why Adam needed the robe then...

Huge Backgammon fan here, never bet but now I know why I always felt like a cigarette and a shower after a game. Splendid video, sir.

I've learned to play Backgammon (ban-sugoroku), Mahjong, Koi-Koi, Cho-han, Shogi and Cee-lo all from the same source. The Yakuza videogame series (and subsequent RU-vid tutorials for the mechanics in-game)

“What’s hentacle?” You see, when a tentacle loves someone very much...

Haha. I laughed at the Iranian part. I learned how to play backgammon when I was 5/6 years old. (Spoiler alert, I am from Iran) and I played this game almost for anything. I remember playing it for an entire day to decide who is going to wash the dishes :) Now I can say I had a sexy hobby! Thank you :))))

The reason Backgammon fell out is the same reason I don't enjoy Texas Holdem anymore. It used to be fun to play and watch on TV. Then the overanalytical types moved in. Every move and bet takes minutes to make. This happened in the fun home games I played. Its not fun to play or watch on TV anymore.

Been playing it since I was a kid, used to play mum and dads which was in a fancy briefcase and the pieces had a very satisfying weight and clink clank noise. The sound of the dice in the cups and bouncing on the play surface. My wife gave me a lovely set for our wedding. I never knew what the doubling cube was for or about the betting. I just enjoyed the game. All the sounds and feel of the game might not make it sexy, but it had a quality to it that I hadn't found elsewhere. This was before I got into "proper" board gaming, it certainly had the sexy over monopoly and connect 4.

Thank you so much Adam 😭😭😭 I was going through a bout of depression and was wondering how I was going to get through the week without NRB's board game club content and you put this up. Thank you 🙏

5:55 Witchcraft! It's all fives! Even the timestamp!

Very interesting video as always! Great job! I've been playing backgammon for years with my family in the Balkans or my turkish girlfriend, this game is like a national sport over there. However, I NEVER heard about bets in this game before hearing it here, and neither did the people with whom I usually play. My girlfriend also didn't believe it when I told here after watching the video, and was very surprized. I suppose it depends on the fact if one is playing it because of its fancy sexy recent reputation, or just because it is just a cultural habit of the region of the world you live in.

This was hilarious and informative. I just bought backgammon because I actually wanted to learn how to play.

Poor Laurie, not allowed into the XXX club.

In Greek, Backgammon is called Tavli. It is one of my favorite abstract games

When I was a kid in the 70s (America; New Jersey to be specific) we played a lot of backgammon. We were kids so there was nothing sexy about it. Great game. We called it “peeling off” not bearing off.

Speaking of Wil Wheaton Whatever happened to his tabletop series

When Adam threw the labtop out the window I was like you know he's going to make that a expense for Oli! hahaha

Worldwide Backgammon Federation is of course known only as WBE now. Put the B back in World BACKGAMMON Entertainment Obi!

This is sort of Python, laughing very hard. :-) (no pun intended).

Caligula never f-ed a horse that's just propaganda made up by angry senators Caligula only ever made love to horses like a gentleman

I actually knew how to play backgammon before watching this video (not Iranian, not even in origin, it’s just a game my mom really likes). Also this video is hilarious!

Very nice of you to recognize persian culture Adam. Thank you from 🇮🇷

You actually threw a MacBook out a window for a visual gag. Now that’s dedication to a bit! ...A very expensive bit. Lol

thise dice changing from double 5 to double 6 and back and then again....magic

Whoever is editing this knows the RIGHT Movies. (A+ Work for Splicing in Footage from “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.”)

The amount of wordplay in this video was brilliant.

Genius choice of clip from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls there (1:40). Kudos to the editor.

Adam needs to do documentarys on live tv

I had to wash my eyes out after looking up Hentacle!!! 😱😱🤣🤣

you are an exceptionally engaging story teller

So when is the expansion coming to Kickstarter?

This episode was fantastic but that quote from Tim Malake* tied everything together in a really classy silken bow. *I really don't know how to spell this dude, and even mis-spelling his name seems to bring up no corrections on any reputable search engine.

That roll up board is awesome! Great, more stuff to buy! Might be able to talk my wife into this one though, we both like Backgammon.

was about to comment to say should do a video on the Royal Game of Ur....just before you started talking about it lol

Great video, loving this series.

Don't you mean barebacking your pieces off?

I been a fan for a few years now. Adam, this is your best video yet. Well done sir.

If you don’t believe backgammon is the sexiest game ever, just watch Tristan Donovan talk about it.

Great editorial with top notch and hilarious presentation. Loved it.

I used to love backgammon as a kid since you could play on msn, since then i've forgotten how to play (thanks for the reminder)

I loved the backgammon scene in INDECENT PROPOSAL

I was raised playing backgammon against my mom and brother growing up. We used to bet pennies using the doubling cube. ADAM if I ever visit London can we PLEASE play a game! I promise I won't take all your money....

Adam, It's Constantinople.

Well done on the title alone.

*stands up with the laptop* So its gonna cut, right? *opens the window* Like hes not ACTUALLY gonna- *yeets the laptop* ADAM-

Iranians are deprived of the opportunity of listening to Adam's deep voice for 3 minutes 26 seconds, especially the extra-deep bit at 4:46

Paul Newman? That’s Cary Grant😉

My dad taught me how to play over 40 years ago now and he learned it in prison…..maybe from an Iranian lol now I’m teaching my children to play (I’ve never been to prison though) fyi we call them counters not tokens. Also, that opening throw of 6&4 was a set move and you could have exploited that…..you’d only know that through experience!! 😉

Love all the content on here, great job guys and gals! Big fan of your presence and dialogue Adam! Keep it up all

As a 70s/early 80s child, I am now remembering my father teaching me backgammon. Haven't played it since I was like 12 or 13 though.

Love your content! Your channel is seriously underrated, as sadly are board games in general.

I used to play Backgammon and probably wouldn't turn down a game. I still have a nice little suitcase version I got as a kid.

wow, before this video I never really thought of Anusol as bold, self-sure, smarmy, & sexy. But, for some inexplicable reason, now I do.

I think it would have been good to include that the game can actually end at three different levels of severity: regular win, gammon, and backgammon. These themselves multiply the pot by 1, 2, or 3 (say, 10, 20,or 30 dollars). Then, the doubling cube is used to double the pot *atop that*, bringing it to 20, 40, or 60 in the worst case for a single game. Also, without gambling for money, Backgammon can still be a very fun game. However, you should *never* play a single game of it. Rather, you play a series where, instead of money, you are gambling points necessary to win the series. In my opinion, Backgammon is a very underrated game, especially by most people in the board gaming community. I've been able to get many people hooked by sitting them down in front of a nice set and administering such decisive victories that they are forced to acknowledge that it is a game of skill rather than one of luck.

Hey! It's Adam Blamplate!

Keith Lee AND Will Wheaton? Adam doesn’t miss with the taste in men.

I've always wondered what that odd die was for - never used it or the betting mechanics, just played the game (I think it's plenty fun on it's own - murdering your opponent's tokens while your home base is all doubled up is the best!)

Nice robe Adam !

I am kurdish and backgammon is very popular amont kurdish people

Backgammon is still a relevant game even without all the glamour and famour people with lots of money. I don't really see it as a "sexy" gambling game like poker but more like a mindsport such as chess and go, except it's more fun. Generally people who play it seriously, play it in the match format, several games in a row until a certain point target is reached. If somebody is making a living with backgammon, they get the money from books or teaching, winning tournaments etc. and not actually from playing for money. Or so I think.

Henticle had me rolling

17:26 - ouch, that hurts as a bridge and backgammon enthusiast. I guess we got too focused on playing it the "proper" way rather than making it sexy? I'm going to keep that in mind, because the games are both super fun, and I think we haven't heard the last of them. Meanwhile, Brad Owen's poker vlog - that's sexy, even though it's also very analytical. I don't know if I'd actually want to live that high-octane lifestyle, but it's a bunch of fun to follow along with and imagine.

Adam - hey! Hahahahaha, I did roll doubles! Look at that!

When I was in high school I participated in a bad RPG design contest. I used the backgammon doubling cube for damage rolls. 🤣

Yay... Parks! I love that game, it’s soo beautiful

Games like this and carrom make me hot because They've been go TOS for centuries.

alot of similarities between this and poker, considering i've been a professional for the last 6 years travelling all across the world, it seems like poker took over

Mac thrown on a mini, first time for everything.

We call it portes in greek, which means doors.. and I never knew that there was such history behind it.. thank you 😉

This “SEXY” content is totally inappropriate for RU-vid! You should be ashamed of yourselves!! I am a Backgammon addict and it is no laughing matter. (I am not a backgammon addict) The Justin Timberlake Sexy Backgammon cover killed me more that I would care to admit!! (Good job, I love these videos)

Thank you for your very well explanation George Michael.

11:32 Byzantine Empire has left the chat

Hello Adam, if your reading the comments. I've got quite a collection of backgammon boards. If you ever want a game let me know.

man, adam has always been my favorite until now. i dont know if i can be cool with you anymore after you misnamed Constantinople

Well I'm hard as wood

We Greeks know it well enough too

i know how :/ ma dad had an old vintage set

I feel ive seen too much Blampied

Getting Backgammon popular again is easy. Just get a bunch of popular Twitch streamers into it temporarily and watch it boom for like 3 months and die again.

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I cannot with that outfit...

I really dislike the fact that the boardgame described as "sexy" is the one i play quite often with my mom

King of Bulgaria, Rusiv?

I hadn't heard of Hentacle, and now I have, I think it's a pity that you didn't find the designers and throw the laptop at them! With hand grenades attached On the flipside, if you want to do a show about the weirder edges of boardgames, Consentacle is a game about consent between a girl and a tentacle monster, so presumable a game that Joey Ryan would fail at... [on slightly less salacious but equally weird game topics, a company called Thorny Games do a game about a dialect in a language rising and falling]

you are very funny, I know this because I can compare with unfunny things like Jimmy Carr and 'Jeff Norcott' congratulations

Stick to strip poker.