Backgammon
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Backgammon rules: How the game has evolved with time?Backgammon is amongst the oldest games played by man. Early variation of this game was played in Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt and Rome. Backgammon has evolved since then and has spread to numerous countries across the globe. It is now a popular casino game nowadays in Europe, East Asia, US and Middle East. You can find many versions of backgammon like the online backgammon that are played in casinos, but all the versions are governed by the same set of official backgammon rules. If you want to play the game, you need a partner, 2 dice along with special backgammon boards having checkers (*). In almost every backgammon tournament, the board of backgammon is divided to 2 sides, where each side is the mirror image of the other end. Now, each side also consists of 12 triangles, which are referred as points that are numbered from 1 to 24. The points are classified in various categories. Point 1 to 6 is the home board (also referred as the inner board). Point 7 to 12 is the outer board. The Point 7th is the bar point and the Point 13th is the midpoint. Each player usually has couple of checkers on 24 point, then three checkers on 8 point and five checkers on 13 & 6 point. Players move from their respective home boards through their outer board and then towards the home board of their opponent. The main objective of a backgammon game should be moving your checker towards the opponent's home board. Then, you should remove all of them from the board before your opponents move their checkers towards your side of the home board. The outcome of the dice roll determines the progress speed of each respective move. The game of backgammon commences with the players tossing a die. Player having the highest outcome is the one making first move in the game. The move is made utilizing both his number and opponent's number. The players toss their dice again, if the toss' outcome is even. This continues till an uneven score appears. After this event, every player tosses the 2 dices on their respective turn. After every toss of the dice, you require moving your checkers forward accordingly to the count of steps that is visible on both the dice. Now, you are permitted moving either one of your checker with the count of steps coming after you sum up both the die or simultaneously move your 2 checkers. For example, if 5 & 4 is the outcome of dice roll, you are allowed to either take a checker of yours 9 steps ahead or else move one of them 5 steps ahead and the other piece another 4 steps. Now in a condition when dice rolls double, it means that even number is displayed on both the dice. In such a scenario, you are permitted to move twice the number, which appears on your dice. If a person rolls double, he is allowed moving 2 points for 4 times. In such a case, there are 4 options available:
Players can move their checker to a particular point where he has another of his checkers and not more than a single checker of his opponent. Such a scenario is called a blot. When a player hits a blot, their checker is moved to middle part of the gammon board, which is divided between home board & other outer boards (together referred as the bar). Checkers, which are placed on bar, are generally kept off play till the bar is in the position to be entered again by opponent's dice roll in their respective home boards. If in a case, person rolls 2, he has the option of entering their checker to the 23rd point. Thus, he can enter the home board of the opponent. After that, he can re-enter bar checkers back in the game. You should remember that you can never move your remaining checkers till every one of your bar checkers are in the homes board of the opponent. You need to remove all your checkers from the board by using a roll of the dice by the time all of them are in the home board. You win the backgammon in a situation, when the opponent hasn't borne any of the checkers and you've borne off all your 15 checkers. These are the simple rules of online backgammon. If you want to be good at playing backgammon, you should understand them properly. These rules can even help you in playing backgammon online, as they are almost similar in both the cases. |
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