Known as a table game that is featured in some casinos aside from craps, backgammon is so attractive that many gamblers decided to establish a career in this game. Only few casino offer money games of backgammon because players are used to playing backgammon in informal settings. However, even if it is played in formal or informal settings, the mechanics and rules in playing backgammon do not change. So, it is still essential that every player who want to gain profits from playing money games of backgammon know the relevant elements and aspects of this table game.
Backgammon is similar with other games in casinos because it also has different variations. The variations of backgammon are played in the different regions of the world. The development and introduction of the variations of backgammon is another sign that this game is still famous to gamblers in present days.
Acey-deucey is one of the luring kinds of backgammon. In this variant, players start their games without checkers on their sides of the board. They need to roll the dice to put their checkers at the board. One of the special rule in this variant is when players rolled one or two at the dice. This rule gives them the chance to have another turn and to double the move of their checker.
Another popular variant of backgammon is hypergammon. Unlike acey-deucey, players of hypergammon starts with three checkers at their sides of the board. Each of the checkers of players are positioned in point 22, 23 and 24. On the other hand, nackgammon, another exciting variant of backgammon, enables players to start with four checkers. Two of the checkers in nackgammon are positioned in point 23.
Lastly, players who play prison have 15 pieces that are positioned at point 24. If a checker in prison has been checked by the opponent, the checker that is checked are put on top of the piece that checked the piece. That piece will be imprisoned by the opponent until the opponent moves the piece that checked the imprisoned checker.
These are the most popular variations of backgammon. Each of these variants has distinct rules so it is advisable that players who want to try them must explore the unique characteristics of the games before playing them. If they will be knowledgeable in their rules, they will not have difficulty playing the variations as well as beating other players who are also interested in the other kinds of backgammon.