Longgammon Backgammon Variant

How does Longgammon differ from Backgammon?

• The checkers begin from the opponent's first point.

Longgammon is a Backgammon variant that is just like traditional Backgammon game, aside from the point of departure. In Longgammon, every one of your 15 checkers begins on the other player's 1 point. The rest of the rules of Longgammon are identical to those of regular Backgammon. For example, the doubling cube is utilized. In addition, gammons and backgammons have 2 and 3 times the value in this Backgammon variant.

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