Arthur Fuller
artful at rogers.com
Sun Feb 19 18:19:30 CST 2006
I may have mentioned previously that I have been an avid backgammon player. My board is hand-made from mahogany and leather, all inlaid and very luxurious. My checkers are marbleized plastic, ivory and brown, measuring 1 3/8" in diameter and 1/2" thick. I lost a checker a while back. I want to buy a new set of checkers, ideally in the same colours, and they _must_ be of the exact same dimensions. (Only a serious backgammon player might appreciate how crucial it is that the checkers be sized correctly for the board: this is a very tactile game!). No store in Toronto sells sets of checkers alone. I have Googled and come up with a few sites, but they want to sell me blue and white checkers, which would ruin the whole look of the board. I am hoping that some lister here knows of a game store in his/her neighbourhood where such things might be obtained. If so, I would love you to purchase a set of checkers, and send them to me. I will respond immediately with PayPal or whatever works for you. TIA, Arthur