Game
Modes
Series Mode (Match Play) - A series of games between two
players that ends when one player wins by accumulating the
agreed and set number of points. For each game, the number
of points won is the doubling cube value multiplied by the
win type (winning by a gammon is worth 2 points, winning by
a backgammon is worth 3 points).
Single Mode (Money Game) - The normal style of competition
in which games are played independently. For each game, the
loser pays the winner the agreed initial stake multiplied
by the value of the doubling cube and further multiplied by
the win type (two for a gammon or three for a backgammon).
Timer
One minute per dice roll. If moves have not been completed
within the minute, the player forfeits his turn.
Doubling Cube
Backgammon is played for an agreed wager (or number of points
in the tournament play). During the course of the game, a
player who feels he has a sufficient advantage may propose
doubling his stakes. He may do so, only at the start of his
turn, and before he has rolled the dice. A player who is offered
a double may refuse, in which case he concedes the game and
pays the original wager. Otherwise, he must accept the double
and play on for the new higher stakes. A player who accepts
a double becomes the owner of the cube and only he may make
the next double. Subsequent doubles in the same game are called
redoubles. If a player refuses a redouble, he must pay the
wager that was at stake prior to the redouble. Otherwise,
he becomes the new owner of the cube and the game continues
at twice the previous stakes. Redoubles can increase the original
wager by up to 64 times.
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