| The oldest recorded game in history,
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| | from play and win the game.
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| Backgammon is a relatively simple game
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| | As well as being a fun family game,
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| that has reached wide popularity. The
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| | Backgammon is also played in
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| origins of backgammon extend into
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| | championships like Chess and sometimes
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| medieval history and its true roots are
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| | for money. The rules are riddled with
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| thought to be in ancient Rome and even
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| | additional systems that vary from place
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| Mesopotamia, over 2000 years BC.
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| | to place and often extend the game or
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| Backgammon is a two player board game of
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| | make it more strategic. For example a
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| strategy comparable to chess where each
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| | 'doubling cube' is sometimes used; a six
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| player must negotiate 15 pieces through
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| | sided dice with the numbers 2, 4, 8, 16,
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| 24 pointed sections of the board, aiming
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| | 32, 64 on it. This is called upon by a
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| to b the first to get all their pieces
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| | player seeking to double the stakes and
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| off the board. The game is based on dice
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| | adds to the depth of the strategy. Other
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| rolling so chance is an element but
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| | recognised rules are the Jacoby Rule used
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| strategy comes into play with making
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| | more in money play and the Crawford Rule
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| choices and also with the many variants
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| | which seeks to make the game more
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| that exist.
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| | balanced. Strategies used in Backgammon
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| The pieces are scattered and the player
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| | have their own names, such as the Running
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| must get them from point to point until
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| | game, the Holding game, The Blitz, the
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| all of the pieces are on their side of
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| | Backgame and the Priming game. This is
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| the board. The points are numbered and
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| | typical of the jargon associated with
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| the pieces can only move from high
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| | games that have a kind of inner language
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| numbered points to lower numbered points,
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| | for serious players. Nevertheless
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| making a kind of race. The player's end
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| | Backgammon remains very popular with
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| of the board is called the home board and
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| | casual users and children and has been
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| they must have all their pieces there in
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| | made into a variety of computer based
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| order to 'bear off', i.e. remove them
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| | versions.
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