The language of backgammon is often an insuperable obstacle for players who want to acquante with this game. Are you a beginner at the backgammon game? Is it the first time when you hear the word “Anchor”? Are you quite embarrassed when someone maintains they got a joker? Do you just stand there being surprized exactly what a pip count is?
Don’t despond because you are not alone. It is known that backgammon terminology really can be so confusing, that a lot of new players don’t know haw to behave themselves when they hear some words.
In this article we are going to present you some of the most common terms which are used in backgammon and explain what they mean. You should read this article attantively and when you will play the next backgammon game you will know everything about it’s terminology. Let’s begin!
Anchor - 2 and more chips which occupy any point within the internal board of the adversary.
Joker - A successful roll which may affect the game’s outcome in a gambler’s favor.
Pip Count - This mean the points in which a gambler is demanded to take in order to being carrying off. When a game begins, each gambler has 167 as his pip count. This stands for:
- Point 24 - 2 chips= 48 pips
- Point 13 - 5 chips = 65 pips
- Point 8 - 3 chips - 24 pips
- Point 6 - 5 chips - 30 pips
For a pip count of 167 each.
Point - There are 24 points in backgammon game. This term doesn’t mean the score by any means, but this is the triangles that denote the spaces. Of course, this very term can be used while scoring and in terms which determine how many points or wins the game is worth. For instance, if a gambler wins a single game, it may be worth one point, “gammon” is equal two points or a double game, and Backgammon is equal three points or a triple game.
Single Game - A game won by carrying off all chips before the adversary, when the adversary is carrying off as well.
Gammon - A game won by carrying off all chips before the adversary, when the adversary has not begun carrying off.
Backgammon - The title of the game, like a win. This win happens when a gambler carries off all chips before the adversary and the adversary has not begun to carry off, and the adversary has a blot on the bar.
Bear off - This is the deed of taking backgammon chips away of the board.
Blot - A single backgammon chip sensitive to onsets by the adversary.
Hit - To assail the blot of an adversary, the blot is then put on the center bar of the board.
Hit and Cover - You not just assail the blot of your adversary, but you also proceed moving that same chip, in order to defend the blot you would have otherwise left exposed.
Of course, we have listed just a small part of all the terms that may be used in backgammon terminology. But this 11 terms are those which used very commonly in backgammon game. If you want to master this game then read the article attentively ones more and for sure you will talk and play as a true professional.