The household cyclopædia of practical receipts and daily wants . and by f or-. anate throws of the dice has borne or played the men off all the points, wins 1the Mt. The gammon may be thus ex- ;plained:-—When you have got all ?your men round to your own table, icovering every point, and your adver- \sary has a man out, then you are ienabled to hear or lift your men away, jThis, you do by throwing the dice and :removing men from the points cor- iresponding to the spots on the dice. IIf you can bear all your men away |before your adversary has borne off \one man, you win the gammon, which iis eq
The household cyclopædia of practical receipts and daily wants . and by f or-. anate throws of the dice has borne or played the men off all the points, wins 1the Mt. The gammon may be thus ex- ;plained:-—When you have got all ?your men round to your own table, icovering every point, and your adver- \sary has a man out, then you are ienabled to hear or lift your men away, jThis, you do by throwing the dice and :removing men from the points cor- iresponding to the spots on the dice. IIf you can bear all your men away |before your adversary has borne off \one man, you win the gammon, which iis equivalent to two games or hits. \But if your adversary is able to bear ;one of his men before you have borne !all yours, then your victory is reducedto a hit. If the winner has borne all :his men off before the loser has carried iall his men to his own table, it is a^^backgammon, and held equal to three ]hits or games. The Backgammon-hoard, set with the men in order of battle .•«— Blacks Home, or Inner Blacks-Outer 12 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12. 12 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Wliitss Home, or Inner WJiites Outer Table,Table, GAMES AND THEIR RULES. 267 Technical Terms used in the Game:— Bad: ward Game.—One in wliich theplayer has not succeeded in moving sofar onward as has his opponent. Bar. — The division between theinner and outer table. Bearing your Men is the removingthem from your inner or home table,in accordance with the throws of thedice, when they have all been broughtround. Blot.—A single man left on anypoint. Carrying your Men is the removingthem from point to point by throws ofthe dice. Covering your Man is a move bywhich you cover up a single man, andso prevent your adversary hitting ablot. Doublets.—Two dice of equal value,as two fours, two sixes, &c. Entering your Man is the replacingof your man after he has been man can be carried forward whileanother remains to be entered; but,meanwhile, the other player goes onwith his game Forward Gam
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