Backgammon, and the frequency of dice rolls
Monday, November 14th, 2005
I’ve just recently started to get back into playing Backgammon after a spell of a year or so.
One of the rules of backgammon allows your opponent to send a counter to effectively the start of the board. This can only happen if you have a single counter on a location (or spike in BG terminology). It is an obvious strategy to ensure that you move pieces in pairs, so no piece is left vulnerable in this way.