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* FirstPlayerAdvantageMitigation: A minor amount due to how the first player is chosen. Both players roll one die, and the higher roll starts first, which also means that the first player cannot get a doubled move on the first turn.
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* RollAndMove: You roll two dice, and then choose to move pieces according to the two numbers rolled - either the same piece or two different pices. In case of doubles, there are four pieces moves. Note that it's also required to make as many moves as possible.
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* RollAndMove: You roll two dice, and then choose to move pieces according to the two numbers rolled - either the same piece or two different pices.pieces. In case of doubles, there are four pieces moves. Note that it's also Using both dice to perform a move is required to make as many moves as possible. if possible.
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** For multi-game matches or gambling purposes, a player may offer to double the stakes and the opponent may choose to either accept or forfeit. This may be done after the first turn, and if the player wasn't the last one to declare doubling the stakes. The optional crawford rule disallows doubling on the first game that's one point away from victory. The optional beaver rule allows the person receiving the double request to immediately redouble and retain possession of the cube - which also leads to racoons and otters which also immediatly redouble.
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** For multi-game matches or gambling purposes, a player may offer to double the stakes and the opponent may choose to either accept or forfeit. This may be done after the first turn, and if the player wasn't the last one to declare doubling the stakes. The optional crawford rule disallows doubling on the first game that's one point away from a match victory. The optional beaver rule allows the person receiving the double request to immediately redouble and retain possession of the cube - which also leads to racoons and otters which also immediatly immediately redouble.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Declining the opponent's use of the doubling cube ends the game in favor of the opponent.
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Backgammon as a distinct game is not 5,000 years old, see its Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backgammon
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Backgammon is an AbstractStrategyGame, and having been invented [[OlderThanDirt 5,000 or so years ago]] in ancient Mesopotamia (modern UsefulNotes/{{Iraq}}), one of the oldest games in human history still being played.
At its heart, Backgammon is a contest between two players racing to take all their pieces off the board. More accurately, it's a match of in-depth strategy, attack, and defense, all while trying to appease the RandomNumberGod. The use of dice in such a strategic game has left it somewhat less revered than its better-known cousin TabletopGame/{{Chess}} -- unlike Chess, in Backgammon, a total hack still has a chance of beating a world-class player. The flip-side of the randomizing element is that it has adds more excitement to the game, since a player can never figure with complete accuracy what his or her opponent will do on their next move. This inherent uncertainty has led Backgammon to be one of the oldest ''gambling'' games in history, in addition to being a strategy game.
At its heart, Backgammon is a contest between two players racing to take all their pieces off the board. More accurately, it's a match of in-depth strategy, attack, and defense, all while trying to appease the RandomNumberGod. The use of dice in such a strategic game has left it somewhat less revered than its better-known cousin TabletopGame/{{Chess}} -- unlike Chess, in Backgammon, a total hack still has a chance of beating a world-class player. The flip-side of the randomizing element is that it has adds more excitement to the game, since a player can never figure with complete accuracy what his or her opponent will do on their next move. This inherent uncertainty has led Backgammon to be one of the oldest ''gambling'' games in history, in addition to being a strategy game.
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Backgammon is an AbstractStrategyGame, and having been invented [[OlderThanDirt 5,000 or so years ago]] in ancient Mesopotamia (modern UsefulNotes/{{Iraq}}), one of the oldest games in human history still being played.
AbstractStrategyGame. At its heart, Backgammon is it's a contest between two players racing to take all their pieces off the board. More accurately, it's a match of in-depth strategy, attack, and defense, all while trying to appease the RandomNumberGod. The use of dice in such a strategic game has left it somewhat less revered than its better-known cousin TabletopGame/{{Chess}} -- unlike Chess, in Backgammon, a total hack still has a chance of beating a world-class player. The flip-side of the randomizing element is that it has adds more excitement to the game, since a player can never figure with complete accuracy what his or her opponent will do on their next move. This inherent uncertainty has led Backgammon to be one of the oldest ''gambling'' games in history, in addition to being a strategy game.
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Backgammon is a TurnBasedStrategy [[TabletopGame tabletop board game]], and having been invented [[OlderThanDirt 5,000 or so years ago]] in ancient Mesopotamia (modern UsefulNotes/{{Iraq}}), one of the oldest games in human history still being played.
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Backgammon is a TurnBasedStrategy [[TabletopGame tabletop board game]], an AbstractStrategyGame, and having been invented [[OlderThanDirt 5,000 or so years ago]] in ancient Mesopotamia (modern UsefulNotes/{{Iraq}}), one of the oldest games in human history still being played.
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* AbstractStrategyGame: The rules are fully abstract. While the game does have RollAndMove, it emphasizes how you react to it.
