Livre d'Or

Backgammon sets are not uncommon as loaner games in pubs in Stockholm (well, it wasn't, when I still lived there and occasionally played with friends). We usually played to 20 points, using the doubling dice and I normally tried to carefully balance "keep safe", "race to the end" and "screw over my opponent". I can't say I recall how frequently I won, but I do recall that it really REALLy helps if your opponent is plied with rounds while playing...