Backgammon is a game that has been around for centuries. It involves two players, each with fifteen checkers of their color. The game’s goal is to move all your pieces off the board before your opponent does. In addition to the standard rules of backgammon, there are different types of winning.
Backgammon types of winning:
Regular win
You succeed in moving all your pieces off the board before your opponent finishes to move off his. This kind of win gets the winner 1 time the value of the doubling cube. The backgammon board would look something like this:
You can see the black pieces are all removed while the white pieces aren’t.
Gammon win
You succeed in moving all your pieces off the board before your opponent starts to move off his (0 pieces removed). This kind of win gets the winner 2 times the value of the doubling cube. The backgammon board would look something like this:
You can see the black pieces are all removed while there are still 15 white pieces on the board.
Backgammon win
You succeed in moving all your pieces off the board while there are still opponent pieces in your home base or on the bar. This kind of win gets the winner 3 time the value of the doubling cube. The backgammon board would look something like this:
You can see there is a white piece at the black home base.
Doubling cube win
If you play with a doubling cube and you offer a doubling and your opponent refuses, that consider your win. This kind of win gets the winner points as the doubling cube shows.
Important to mention that if you play with a doubling cube, win points will be multiplied by the cube number. For example, if the cube is 8 and you win by Backgammon, you get 24 points!!
FAQ
Backgammon is a board game that involves moving all of your checkers off the board before your opponent does. It is played on a board with 24 points and two sets of 15 checkers.
Backgammon is also kind of a win in Backgammon – when you succeed in moving all your pieces off the board while there are still opponent pieces in your home base or on the bar. This kind of win gets the winner 3 points.
Gammon is a scoring system used in Backgammon that rewards a player for winning the game before their opponent has managed to bear off any of their checkers
If a player wins a Gammon, they are awarded double the value of the game. If they win a Backgammon, they are awarded triple the value of the game.
No, Backgammon and Gammon are not the same. Backgammon is a win when your opponent still have pieces in your home or on the bar. Gammon is a win when your opponent still have pieces on the board.
Yes, you can win a game of Backgammon without winning a Gammon or Backgammon. The basic objective of the game is simply to bear off all of your checkers before your opponent does – if your opponent managed to bear off some of his pieces before your win – this will be regular win.
