*This is a 2 player game. Once one player wins, whoever is first in the signup queue will play the victor, and the loser(if they wish) will go to the bottom of the signup queue.
*Anyone may add themselves to the signup queue at any time, even during a game.
*Backgammon consists of three stages, cribbing, bidding, and pegging.
*Each player is dealt 6 cards per round.
*During the cribbing stage, each player gives 2 of their 6 cards to the crib, and keeps the remaining 4 cards for their hand. One card is flipped face up as the "community card" that both players may use during pegging. One player each round owns the crib, and counts that cribs points at the end of the round in addition to all other points. The crib then rotates to the next player the next round. The player who has the crib first is randomly selected by random.org.
*After both players have given up the 2 cards(privately by pm to the mod) for the crib, play commences to the bidding phase. In the bidding phase, each player takes turns playing one of their 4 cards faceup one at a time. The object of bidding is to get the closest to 31 without going over. Face cards are worth the amount of the card(2 is worth 2, 3 is worth 3, etc.), 10, J, Q, and K are each worth 10. A is worth 1. If the bidding gets as close as it can to 31 and no one can play an additional card then "go" is declared and the person who played the last card gets 1 peg. Bidding then starts over with the player that did not play last going first. If the bidding count gets to exactly 31 then "31" is called and 2 points are pegged for the player that plays the card to 31. Otherwise, points are accumulated using the following points formula:
pair - 2 pegs
3 of a kind - 6 pegs
15(bidding adds up to 15) - 2 pegs
run of 3(does not have to be consecutive, i.e. 6-8-7 counts as run of 3) - 3 pegs
run of 4(same as above) - 4 pegs
Flush(4 in a row of the same suit) - 4 pegs
*The player who plays last in the bidding phase gets a peg for "last card" regardless.
*After all 8 cards have been bid, play commences to the pegging phase.
Pegging Phase
*The player without the crib counts their hand of 4 first. The points are the same as above, with the exception that there can be multiple 15s. A double run is two runs of 3 with a pair, such as 4456 or 7789 and is counted as 8, not including any 15s. After the player without the crib counts and pegs their hand, the player with the crib counts and pegs their hand, and finally the crib is counted and pegged. If you have J of the same suit as the community card it is "nobs" and counts as 1 peg.
*After the pegging phase, play continues to the next round and all phases are repeated, until a player wins by reaching 121 points.
Signup list:
*Shadowez
Game Record:
mallowgeno: 1-0
JDGA: 0-1
