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Backgammon had its peak during the 1970s, when the backgammon board was a available at almost every household in the US. About that time, the backgammon chouette has flourished in backgammon clubs and the US Patent Office has registered several multi-player backgammon inventions.
Backgammon Chouette
Backgammon chouette had offered a sociable alternative to the conventional, one-on-one backgammon, allowing to 3-9 players to compete in one game. At the same time, it presented an unbalanced form of multiplayer backgammon, resulting with either one player grabbing all the other players’ bets or with one player paying to each team member. That made chouette popular among gamblers but less appropriate for casual players, families and friends who want to remain on friendly terms.
Multiplied Backgammon Board
In 1976, Robert (Melvin) Thomas and Robert (Edward) Thomas developed a backgammon game for four players. The multiplayer backgammon board consisted of 48 points, divided into eight playing areas: two 6-point inner boards for each player, plus one, central 8/10 or 12-point home board, where all players move their (ten) pieces to, and bear them off from. The two has also suggested a similar multiplayer backgammon variation for three players with the 48 points-board divided into eight six-point boards.
Multiplayer Backgammon
Backgammon is usually a two-player game. Over the years, several efforts have been made to create a multi-player variation of backgammon, where three or more participants can play the game simultaneously. The most popular form of multiplayer backgammon is the chouette, where a group of two or more players (the team) play against one player (the box) on a single backgammon board according to standard backgammon rules. Other, less practiced, multiplayer backgammon variations suggested different board arrangement, or a doubled board with 48 points instead of the standard 24.Backgammon had its peak during the 1970s, when the backgammon board was a available at almost every household in the US. About that time, the backgammon chouette has flourished in backgammon clubs and the US Patent Office has registered several multi-player backgammon inventions.
Backgammon Chouette
Backgammon chouette had offered a sociable alternative to the conventional, one-on-one backgammon, allowing to 3-9 players to compete in one game. At the same time, it presented an unbalanced form of multiplayer backgammon, resulting with either one player grabbing all the other players’ bets or with one player paying to each team member. That made chouette popular among gamblers but less appropriate for casual players, families and friends who want to remain on friendly terms.
Multiplied Backgammon Board
In 1976, Robert (Melvin) Thomas and Robert (Edward) Thomas developed a backgammon game for four players. The multiplayer backgammon board consisted of 48 points, divided into eight playing areas: two 6-point inner boards for each player, plus one, central 8/10 or 12-point home board, where all players move their (ten) pieces to, and bear them off from. The two has also suggested a similar multiplayer backgammon variation for three players with the 48 points-board divided into eight six-point boards.
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