Dice Irregularities for the Game of Backgammon

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Hi! My name is Grady Johnson and I am a competition backgammon player and today I am representing expertvillage.com. Now I would like to go over a few of the irregularities you are going to run across when you are rolling dice. There are some rules here that are set in stone that you need to always remember. It is only fair and it will eliminate any complications when these kind of rolls come up. The rolls are always made on the player as right, so it needs to hit on the right hand side of the board, which is going to be the opposite for the other player. When you roll your dice on the board, they need to land flat and evenly on the table. If the die should land up on a stone, you need to roll both of them over again. If it is sort of leaning up on the side, then you need to roll both of them over again. Now remember no matter what dice that landed flat, that does not matter, both dice need to be rolled together at all times in order for it to be legal roll. Once you see these legible numbers, then you can make your move. When you make your moves around the board and you have determine that your move is correct and legal, pick up your dice and remove them from the board. When you remove the dice from the board and put them in your cup or lay them on the table, you are signaling the other player that your move is done then your turn is over, okay. So you cannot come along and say oh! I want to change that or something like that. After you have done that you have signaled the other player that your turn is over. Now if the other player decides to pick up their dice and throw them before you have done that, then their turn is void. Your turn is not over until you return your dice to your cup and then they take their turn. If they should roll before that, their turn does not count. The other player then looks at your board and determines whether the move is correct and legal. Once they determine that, they will then either change the doubling cube or roll themselves. When they make these moves, they have signaled to you that they agree that your move is legal and they can no longer challenge your move. Those are just a few simple rules you need to remember when you are working with a dice in backgammon. There are simple irregularities that do occur and challenges that cannot be disputed. These rules are always the same.

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