back(6) back(6)NAME back - the game of backgammon SYNOPSIS /usr/games/back DESCRIPTION back is a program which provides a partner for the game of backgammon. It is designed to play at three different lev- els of skill, one of which you must select. In addition to selecting the opponent's level, you may also indicate that you would like to roll your own dice during your turns (for the superstitious players). You will also be given the op- portunity to move first. The practice of each player rol- ling one die for the first move is not incorporated. The points are numbered 1-24, with 1 being white's extreme inner table, 24 being brown's inner table, 0 being the bar for removed white pieces and 25 the bar for brown. For de- tails on how moves are expressed, type y when back asks In- structions? at the beginning of the game. When back first asks Move?, type ? to see a list of move options other than entering your numerical move. When the game is finished, back will ask you if you want postmortem statistics. If you respond with y, back will at- tempt to append to or create a file .backlog in your home directory. FILES /usr/games/back /usr/games/lib/backrules $HOME/.backlog BUGS The only level really worth playing is expert, and it only plays the forward game. Doubling is not implemented. April, 1990 1