Backgammon Terms: Do You Know Them?
Backgammon terms, it can easily drive people crazy. Unfamiliar with backgammon? Do you scratch your head when you hear the word Anchor? Or get confused by the word joker someone claims to have? Do you want to know what a pip count is? It is not you alone because there are many others just like you. The terms being used while playing backgammon can turn out to be very puzzling. Worse, there are loads of terms ready to get you mad.
This article can help you with the basics of backgammon terms, what they are and what they mean. After you finish reading this article, you can be sure to be able to act like a professional in your next game.
Shall we start? You'll surely be in for a backgammon joy ride.
Anchor- consists of more than two chips which lies in the opponent's part of the board
Joker- can turn the game over because it may be considered as one lucky form of roll in favor of the one who has it
Pip Count- it is the points a player needs to take in order to stay in the game. Each player has 167 pip count to start the game.
Points- there are twenty-four points, but they do not mean score. These are the triangles that represent the spaces in the board. However, they can also be used to score depending on how much the game is worth. Example, if the player wins single game, it is one point, "gammon" is worth two points or double game, in addition backgammon is also considered to be a game in triples.
Gammon- when the player bears off the entire opponent's chip with the opponent not bearing off yet.
Backgammon- it is what the game is called, and also a win. This happens when the player bears off the entire opponent's chip with the opponent not staring to bear off yet, with the opponent having a blot on the bar.
Bear Off- is performed by removing the opponent's backgammon chips off the board.
Blot- one backgammon chip vulnerable to an attack.
Hit- to attack the opponent's blot and the blot is then put on the center bar of the board.
Hit and Cover- attack the opponent's blot, use the same chip to defend your blot left exposed.
There are lots more backgammon terms, but the ones given above are some of the most used. After some time, you will act like a backgammon pro.