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The Rosespring Backgammon

One offshoot of the Backgammon game is a game called Gul Bara, which is more commonly known as Rosespring Backgammon. Such a game has been popularized in countries like Bulgaria, and the objective of the game is to move all of one's checkers round the board and find a strategy in order to lose off these checkers in order to be the victor of the game.

The game is played in such a way that two players will roll a die and whoever gets the higher number is naturally the first one to make the move. That same player then, once again, rolls the dice in order to make his first move. Each of the players begin the game having fifteen checkers to the very right of the board and are situated in corners diagonally opposite from the other, wherein both of the players move towards a similar direction in a counter-clockwise manner round the board. The dice roll will tell the players the amount of "pips" or points that a player's checkers can be moved. The checker can be moved only towards an open point that is not already taken by the checker of an opponent. The numerals on both dice will be used by a player to make either different moves or add the numbers together in order to make just one move.

Gul Bara or Rosespring Backgammon is rather different as compared to other forms of backgammon because there is no hitting involved, and only one checker which is situated on a certain point can control it. The opponent's checker is not allowed to be placed on that same point. Doubles are very important in this version of the backgammon game because when doubles are rolled, a player will play his roll in the usual fashion, and then plays again on the entire following doubles roll up, which includes up to 6-6.

The bearing-off or losing of checkers will only start when all fifteen checkers of the player are brought back to his home board. These checkers can be born-off by means of rolling a number which has a corresponding point where it is situated. The checker is then taken away from the board. The player who gets to lose all of his checkers will be rewarded one point and is proclaimed the victor of the match. If the player wins, he gets two points if he is able to lose all of his checkers before his losing opponent has lost any of his.

In some places, this type of backgammon game is also called 'Crazy Narde'. To sum things up, the rules are fairly simple, and the game in itself, can get a person hooked into it due to how easy it is to learn the game. So why not go ahead and give it a try?