A graphical backgammon program for the KDE. It supports backgammon games with other players, against computer engines and online playing on the 'First Internet Backgammon Server'.
bacKgammon is a backgammon program specifically written with the KDE in mind. It offers the opportunity to play backgammon games by using a convenient and intuitive graphical user interface.
A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables.
In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table". When played for betting purposes, the winner in such a case scores three times the wagered amount.
Board game popular in Middle East.
1. The name of the game we play. 2.A game in which you score triple the value of the points at stake, accomplished only if you bear off all your checkers and your opponent has yet to bear off a single checker, and still has one or more checkers remaining in your home board or on the bar. (See also Gammon where one scores a double game.)
1. A game played with dice and checkers on a board consisting of twenty-four points, in which each player tries to bear off his checkers before his opponent. 2. A result of a backgammon game in which one player has one or more checkers on the bar or in the winner's home board.
besides the game itself, a situation when one player bears off all his or her checkers before the opponent bears off any (as in a gammon) and the opponent still has at least one checker in the winner's inner board. This is scored as a triple win in the U.S. but is no different from a gammon in the rest of the world. bar point a player's 7-point bar the narrow vertical area separating the left and right halves of the board, where a checker is placed when it is hit
a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
a very popular club game as well
A situation where a player has not borne off any checkers and still has a checker on the bar or in the opponent's home board, while his opponent has finished the game. The losing player has lost a Backgammon - which counts for triple the amount of a normal loss.
When a player bears off all of their checkers before the opponent has borne off any of their checkers and still has a checker in the playerâ€(tm)s home board or on the bar. This is called winning a backgammon and pays three times the value of the doubling cube.
The name of the game. Also, the result of a game in which one player has removed all their checkers while the opponent still has a checker in the winner's home board or on the bar which counts as a triple game. Let's play backgammon! You can win a 5 pt. match in one game if you win a backgammon with the cube on 2.
This is the name of the game we play. 15 checkers are moved on the board in order to bring them home and take them out. The name of the game was given to it by the Saxons who called it "bac Gamen" (Back Game), in the seventeenth century.
The game, derived from the Roman tabula. A completed game in which the winner's opponent has a single checker in the winner's home board. Also see: Triple Game
besides being the name of the game it is also when a player removes all his checkers while his opponent still has a checker in your inner board or on the bar.
Player who wins by a backgammon wins in such a way, that his opponent still has checkers on his home board or on the bar and he has not been able to bear any checkers off earlier. Winning by backgammon triples the value of the game.
A finished game of backgammon in which the loser did not manage to bear off any checkers and has one or more checkers on the bar, or in his opponents Home board. A Backgammon triples the stake indicated by the doubling cube at the end of the game.
There are two meanings for backgammon: The game of backgammon. A completed game of backgammon in which the losing player fails to bear off any men and still has one or more men on the bar or in the winner's home board. A backgammon is worth triple points.
To dream of playing backgammon, denotes that you will, while visiting, meet with unfriendly hospitality, but will unconsciously win friendships which will endure much straining. If you are defeated in the game, you will be unfortunate in bestowing your affections, and your affairs will remain in an unsettled condition.
Backgammon is a board game for two players in which pieces are moved according to the roll of dice and the winner is the first to remove all his pieces from the board. Many variants have developed throughout the world, but most share the same common elements. It is a member of the tables family of games.