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Gaming news at GameColony.com: backgammon, cribbage, gin-rummy and other online games Copyright: Copyright 2006, GameColony.com Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:30:00 +0200 GameColony.com is now a "home away from home" for many of
the world's strongest and the most experienced cribbage players.
Below are cribbage hints (tips) and suggestions by Robert (Bob) Milk
(player handle: Moojus aka Moo) - a dedicated GameColony player and the current
Commissioner for American Cribbage Congress (ACC).
Bob has originally posted his cribbage hints separately one-by-one in GameColony's public forum.
Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:00:00 +0200 The dynamic table icons now appear in the table list and the players' avatars are now shown in all player lists and invitations. These new features were introduced for all multiplayer games: Gin Rummy, Backgammon, Cribbage, Dominoes, Canasta, Pool, Chess.
Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:00:00 +0200 GameColony.com, a premier provider of tournament-quality, competitive multi-player games of skill announced today that it has entered into an exclusive online affiliation with American Cribbage Congress ("ACC") to leverage its expertise (in their respective online/ land-based fields) by forming an alliance to provide a fun and fair place to play Cribbage online and to compete in online tournaments. Under the terms of this agreement, GameColony.com will provide co-branded online gaming content to ACC, and the two firms will share the revenues generated from hosting online matches and tournaments.
Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:00:00 +0200 GameColony.com, an online provider of tournament-quality, competitive multi-player games of skill announced today that it has entered into an exclusive co-branded affiliate agreement with Professional Domino Association ("PDA") a prestigious Land-based Dominoes Tournament host. Under the terms of this agreement, GameColony.com will provide co-branded online gaming content to PDA, and the two firms will share the revenues generated from hosting online matches and tournaments.
Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:00:00 +0200 ESPN sports network has declared dominoes the next big spectator sport
and is strongly promoting dominoes as both a cultural touchstone and a highly
competitive game, complete with rankings, formal tournaments, celebrity events and sponsors.
Encouraged by the success of televised poker, ESPN network has begun combing New York City for
top players and colorful domino clubs for its television coverage of dominoes.
ESPN has been taping segments on formal domino tournaments as well as casual neighborhood domino games.
Hour-long domino shows now run on Tuesday nights on ESPN's Spanish-language sports channel ESPN Deportes.
Starting in June 2006, the network is planning to show similar English language dominoes broadcasts,
with the hope that the game will be also popular with English-speaking viewers.
Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0200 Backgammon can be learned quickly and requires only two players.
Backgammon game can be played either in a friendly, social way or very competitively.
At GameColony.com you can easily find a backgammon opponent online day or night,
at all different skill levels, in a variety of types of competition.
Free games are available as well as various tournaments for cash prizes.
Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:00:00 +0200 As Microsoft Zone is closing its online cribbage on June 19, 2006, American
Cribbage Congress (ACC) that was previously associated with Zone's cribbage
has now launched its new co-branded cribbage site powered by GameColony.com.
Co-branded ACC/GameColony.com site is now live and linked via cribbage.org
home page (ACC@GameColony) to www.gamecolony.com/acc Both ACC and
GameColony.com will continue promoting cribbage and have online cribbage
games and tournaments offered via their co-branded site. Both free games and
games for cash prizes are available.
Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0200 Are you a social gin rummy player or a budding gin rummy pro? Both land-based and online gin rummy tournaments
offer cash prizes to those skillful enough to win!
Gin rummy is a great social card game that first appeared in the United States at the beginning of the 1900s.
Gin Rummy is now well known throughout the world but it is still especially popular in the United States.
Annual land-based Gin Rummy tournaments with considerable cash prizes are held in Las Vegas Riviera Hotel.
This year, it is expected that 300-400 of the world's finest gin players will compete for the title.
Registration and more information is available at www.ginrummytournaments.com.
Ken Chase, the 2005 Gin Rummy Champion, also frequently plays Gin Rummy online at www.GameColony.com
(also known as GinColony.com).
Another occasional online gin player at GameColony.com -- a famous gin rummy player John Hainline, a president of Gin
Rummy Association, who won more than 20 gin rummy tournaments.
John Hainline is widely considered to be one of the two or three best players on the planet.
Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:00:00 +0100 Jan 13 2006 GameColony.com, an online provider of multi-player skill-based tournaments,
announced today that its existing line-up of 18 online games is now fully compatible with the latest Mac OS X platform and Apple's Safari browser.
Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:00:00 +0100 Jan 2 2006 GameColony.com, an online provider of multi-player skill-based tournaments, announced today the newest game addition to its existing cribbage game -- a 5-card cribbage variation
Just like other online games at GameColony.com, cribbage can be played for free or for real money prizes. Camecolony.com's main cribbage variation - 6-card cribbage has already proved very popular with online players.
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