Back to backgammon

As a kid my dad taught me to play backgammon and I thought it was a fun game but I never really got into it. I remember when I grandfather came from Iran to stay with us I would play backgammon with him quite a bit but parts of my personality would sneak its way into my strategy and make it impossible for me to win. For example, I would never kill one of his pieces because... well because he is my grandfather and it isn't nice. He would of course correct my mistake of a move and play my hand for me in instances like that.

Recently I got back into backgammon and have gotten interested in learning actual strategy for winning. Since it is a two person game there are times when I want to play but can't find an opponent but thankfully I found a cool website for playing online http://www.gammonempire.com/.