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Article #554: Backgammon - A Time Honoured Game of Strategy and Chance

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






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