It brings strangers together. It teaches probability, strategy, and emotional control. It has even helped N.F.L. teams win the Super Bowl. Stephen Dubner explores why this ancient game is having a renaissance. (Part two of a series, “<a href="https://freakonomics.com/we-are-all-gamers-now/" rel="noopener noreferrer">We Are All Gamers Now.</a>”)
  
<ul>
 <li>SOURCES: 
 <ul>
 <li><a href="https://www.nycbackgammon.club/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Remington Davenport</a>, founder of NYC Backgammon Club.</li>
 <li><a href="https://frankfrigo.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Frank Frigo</a>, game strategy expert & two-time world backgammon champion.</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.bkgm.com/articles/Simborg/zMochy/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki</a>, professional backgammon player.</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-brockmann-olsen-71456349/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Marc Olsen</a>, C.E.O. of Backgammon Galaxy.</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.backgammonchronicles.com/about-the-author" rel="noopener noreferrer">Robert Wachtel</a>, author and professional backgammon player.</li>
 </ul></li>
</ul>
 
<ul>
 <li>RESOURCES:
 <ul>
 <li><a href="https://amzn.to/4xGkh1R" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Backgammon Chronicles: A Pro's Adventures on Tour Volume 1</a>, by Robert Wachtel (2019).</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Game-until-End-Analysis-Generation/dp/0989549658" rel="noopener noreferrer">In the Game Until the End</a>, by Robert Wachtel (1993)</li>
 <li>"<a href="https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1930-09-06/flipbook/015/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tric Trac, Clic Clac</a>," (The New Yorker, 1930).</li>
 </ul></li>
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