Jean Claude is BackgammonMasters’ mascot. He is part of an educational and entertaining experience that helps beginners learn backgammon basics and strategies. He also helps experienced players improve. His primary function is to make learning the game fun. The video featuring Jeane Claude is truly great entertainment. I have not learned to play backgammon. I have witnessed people having fun playing it. Trying to learn it was not fun.

Games like backgammon have failed to capture my interest in the past. I think my cumulative knowledge of various games has largely been left to chance. I learned the games of choice in whatever environments I ended up having free time. I remember free time. It is such a sweet commodity. If you have it, relish it.

Now, if had a computer that allowed me to access a funky, furry backgammon tutor/mentor/master back when I had free time, I might be a backgammon player today. I think it is probably a great game. It seems very suitable for playing outside at sun-drenched cafes. No cards to blow away for one thing. And it looks suitably sophisticated.

If I get involved with backgammon, the online version will probably take a backseat to the tactile pleasure of playing with a real backgammon set. Of course you need a real partner for that, so I guess the online gameplay would be a good backup.