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The Backgammon Chouette is a social, multi-player form of backgammon and was mostly played socially with a number of players conversing and playing against each other on the same table. Now days with the broad reach of the internet this form of backgammon can be played across different countries and various platforms. It can be a tremendous amount of fun, with lots of cube turns, players taking different points of view, getting to rotate and play as a team-mate of another player one game and against him the next. However, if it’s not done right, especially online, it can get boring quickly. This page will give an outline of what a chouette is and how to play.
Basic Terms and Brief Overview of the Rules used in a Chouette
One player – the “box” – plays against a team. One member of the team is the “Captain.” This all takes place on one board. The Captain has final say over all checker plays, although he can ask his team-mates for help in some situations. However, each player has his own doubling cube. He can double regardless of what his team-mates do, and he can take or drop if doubled on his own. However, if it’s not done right, especially online, it can get boring quickly. This page will give an outline of what a chouette is and how to play.
A chouette is played just like a money game. There is no “match score” – one game is played, win or lose points, then go on to the next game. Positions change every game. In general, if the box wins, it stays as the box; if the Captain wins he becomes the box. Whether the Captain wins or loses, the next player in line becomes the Captain.
The scoring is just points won or lost. Each player has a running score, of plus or minus a certain number of points, or even. If a game was to be played for money, one would multiply this by the stakes, and that’s how many dollars ahead or behind a player might be.
Online chouettes can be somewhat awkward to run. There is no special software for chouettes. What is required is someone to run the chouette who understands a chouette, who can be called a monitor. The monitor keeps track of the position of all cubes, and tallies the running score.
A chouette can be an awful lot of fun. For the team, there is the opportunity to gang up on one helpless victim (the box), to consult on checker plays, to show how much smarter is any given player than the others. There is the excitement of being the box and winning or losing 5 or 10 or 20 points at a time.
Guide Rules Usually used in a Chouette
These rules might change slightly between different platforms and different sites running them but in general these basic rules apply when playing a chouette. This is an explanation of the rules used and an elaborate explanation can be found in the Backgammon wikibook .
- Jacoby Rule, backgammon beavers but no backgammon raccoons explanations to these terms can be found in the backgammon article.
- Players on the team can consult only after their cube has been turned. This means that the Captain is free to play the opening in peace, while getting help once the game has advanced.
- If any player drops, the Captain may buy his cube. What that means is that the player who drops pays the Captain the undoubled value of the cube, rather than the box. The Captain is now playing with two (or three or four or five) cubes against the box.
- If all players but one drop, that player must either drop or he must buy all the other cubes. However, in this case it works a little different. The box still gets the point from all the cubes. However, each player on the team pays the remaining player one additional point, and they now join the box.
- Settlements are allowed. Settlements can be proposed by either side at any time.
References
- Backgammon Chouette Play, Online Backgammon Resource. Retrieved on June 8, 2006.
- ABA chouette Rules, Backgammon in Georgia. Retrieved on June 8, 2006.
- Chouette Rules, Club Chouette Rules. Retrieved on June 8, 2006.
- Online Chouette Rules Online Backgammon Guide. Retrieved on June 8, 2006.
External Links
- Backgammon Instructions and Rules Rules for online playing.
- Backgammon, Online Play Resource Online backgammon information portal.
- Backgammon Rules on Google Directory Backgammon general rules and theory.
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