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backgammon Subject: Re: Diceless Backgammon?

April 26, 2017backgammon diceless Subject

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backgammon Subject: Re: Diceless Backgammon?

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In fact, there’s a version of backgammon, which is much more popular than regular bg in USSR, especially in Azerbajdzhan and Uzbekistan. Main features are following: • both players go same direction ( namely counterclockwise ) • starting position is different • you’re not allowed to hit ( which changes strategy a lot). And, as far as I know, there are tournaments, where people play this version without dices, i.e. calling their rolls. Consequently, there exist time control in this tournaments.