The playing piece of the game Backgammon is called a 'pip', a 'checker', a 'man' or a 'stone'.
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Both players have 15 "men" at the beginning of a Backgammon game.
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Backgammon is a two-player board game played on a unique backgammon board. The players roll the dice to move their playing pieces around the board and eventually off the board. Whoever is able to remove all pieces from the board first wins.
There are 24 points on a backgammon board. Backgammon is a two-player board game. Players take turns rolling a pair of dice, moving their pieces around the board. Backgammon is one of the oldest table games in the world.
When you have a single piece on any point it is vulnerable. It is called a "blot". If you put a second piece with it is is called "making the point". Same thing if you move two pieces to the same empty point. If you have two or more pieces -- a "stack" -- on a point, it is called "owning the point".
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Each player starts with 15 checkers, so that's 30 in total.
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ABPA Backgammon was created in 1979.
The die you are referring to is actually called a 'doubling cube'; it is one way in which the stakes can be raised in a backgammon match. The use of the doubling cube only makes sense when a backgammon match is played to more than one game. The use of a doubling cube does not necessarily mean that a backgammon match is being played for money.
Backgammon is a two-person board game.
ABPA Backgammon was created in 1979.