Masayuki Mochizuki

We've seen two different things.

That's Mark Olson again.

One is the rise of online backgammon with Backgammon Galaxy and other backgammon apps on the phone.

And the other thing is the rise of the social clubs all across the United States right now hosting these incredible social events where people come just to play backgammon.

I think it's amazing.

It's something we haven't seen before.

I don't know how big it can be, but it's very exciting, especially New York City Backgammon Club.

Remington Davenport is doing a great job.

I'm dying to know why you're doing so well.

So how did you first get into the game?

Were you playing for stakes, for money or anything?

A few years ago, Davenport founded the New York City Backgammon Club.

In 2024, Davenport attended her first backgammon world championship in Monte Carlo.

She says it was life-changing.

This makes it sound as if, and please don't take offense by this, but this makes it sound as if you are backgammon and backgammon is you and there is no space between the two.

What do you see yourself as with backgammon in, I don't know, pick your interval, two years, five years, 50 years?

Backgammon in this country seems to have a craze every half century, right?

In the 1920s, it was big.

In the 1970s, and maybe the craze is really going to be that big again now.

Does your club have a dedicated physical space?