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Backgammon in the Orient

Are you not convinced that there are more gambling games that have originated in Asia? You may have known about other gambling games with Asian origins such as mahjong. But, do you know the different Asian variants of the game Backgammon? If not, then read on.

Gul Bara - this is one of the most famous Asian backgammon variants. Here, doubles are really commanding. They can turn the game around. Because of doubles, the gambling player who appears to be losing may end up winning.

Gioul - this backgammon variant has Turkish origins. Even if it came from Turkey, it did not stop there. Instead, it continued to be popular in the whole Middle East Asia. This is very much like the Gul Bara. It is hard to determine who is going to win because the fate may change due to doubles.

Moultezim - this is another backgammon variant with Turkish origins. In this variant, markers may not hit the opponents plus they travel throughout the board in the same way, regardless of their ownership.

Plakoto - this backgammon variant is very interesting because instead of sending the markers to the bar once they're hit, the gambling players put the hitters above the hit markers, thus trapping them. Gambling players have high chances of winning if they trap their enemy's markers right at their home board.

Shesh besh - this is another Turkish backgammon variant. Gambling players from the West may not find a hard time understanding this since their variant and Shesh Besh are quite similar to each other.

Takhteh - this backgammon variant came from Persia, which is a very solid proof that it is already a very old one. One may say that this looks like the backgammon played in the West, and there had been theories that Takh Teh laid some of the foundations of the Western variant.

Tawula - Tawula is very different from the other backgammon variants since the markers are not positioned in the conventional way but rather in a diagonal arrangement. Consequently, the markers move following that arrangement, which means they move around in diagonal manner.

Never-Finishing Game - Nicholas Frantzis was the father of this backgammon variant. This variant of the gambling game backgammon used some of the rules in Plakoto. One rule used in particular is the trapping of hit markers rather than sending them to the bar. This makes it harder for opponents to move fast because the marker becomes useless and cannot reenter the board unless the trap is removed.