Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . the black men at B. We shall call one partyWhite, and anotherBlack. White countsround from the ace-point of Black, andBlack counts roundfrom the ace-point ofWhite. These ace-points are respectivelyseen to have two menupon them in oppositecorners of the sametable. The grand ob-ject of the game is foreach party to get all hismen played round intothe table containing theaces, removing themfrom point to pointagreeable to the throwsot the dice. In throw-ing, the number uponeach die turned up maybe reckoned by itself, or
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . the black men at B. We shall call one partyWhite, and anotherBlack. White countsround from the ace-point of Black, andBlack counts roundfrom the ace-point ofWhite. These ace-points are respectivelyseen to have two menupon them in oppositecorners of the sametable. The grand ob-ject of the game is foreach party to get all hismen played round intothe table containing theaces, removing themfrom point to pointagreeable to the throwsot the dice. In throw-ing, the number uponeach die turned up maybe reckoned by itself, or collectively, with the number on theother die. Thus, if quatre be thrown by one die, and size by theother, a man can be advanced 4 points, and another 6 points; orone man can be advanced 10 points, always providing that a pointis open to suit tliis movement to it. No point can be moved to ifcovered by two men belonging to the adversary. If covered liyonly one man, wliicli is called a blot, then that man can be hit,and be removed from the point, and placed on the bar between. The Backgammon Table. the tables, liis place being taken by the man who has won it. Theremoval of a man to the bars throws a player considerably behindin the game, because the man must remain out of the play till thedice turn up a corresponding to one open point on theadversarys table. Being fortunate to get an ope:i point by thismeans, the man must be entered and wrought round from thence,as in the case of others in the set to which he belongs. The fre-quent occurrence of this hitting of a blot gives an adversary agreat advantage, and allows him to win the gammon. There aretwo kinds of victory—winning the hit, and winning the party who has played all his men round into his own table,and by fortunate throws of the dice has borne or played the menoff the points first, wins the hit. The gammon may be explainedas follows: When you have got all j-our men round to your owntable, covering ev
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