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From: stanwyck@ihuxr.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Backgammon and gammon - definitions, please.
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Date: Thu, 27-Oct-83 13:23:05 EST
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Would someone (and please, only one on the net, the rest by mail) please 
define exactly what is ment be "gammon" and "backgammon".  I am a backgammon
player of several years, but neither I nor the people I play with are sure
of what is menat by these terms.

Guess:  From the context of things I have seen, the meanings are.......

	gammon : to complete getting your pieces off the board while
		 the opponent still has pieces not in his/her home
		 board.

	backgammon : to complete getting your pieces off the board before
		 your opponent removes any pieces from the board.

Are these correct?

                Don Stanwyck            ihnp4!ihuxr!stanwyck