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Backgammon Dictionary
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| Raccoon: | An immediate redouble by the player who just accepted a beaver | | Race: | The relative standing of the players pip counts. The player with the lower pip count is said to be ahead in the race | | Rail: | The bar | | Railroad Tracks: | To pile all your stones on just a few points; also called candlesticks | | Rake: | A fee charged by a backgammon site for hosting real money games. It is usually a small percentage of the winnings of each game. Rating - A number associated with each player based on that players record of performance against other players taking their ratings into account | | Rating Points: | Points assigned by a ratings system to players based on their performance against other rated players | | Recirculate: | To intentionally allow a blot to be hit for the purpose of gaining tempo | | Recube: | Redouble | | Redouble: | a double after the first double of a game | | Resign: | To accept defeat before the end of the game | | Return Shot: | A chance to hit back after being hit yourself | | Rim: | The bar | | Robustness: | Mobility | | Roll: | To throw a pair of dice; to cast. Two thrown dice | | Roll a Prime: | To make a new point at the leading edge of a prime using stones from the rear of the prime | | Roof: | The bar | | Root Number: | a dice roll that forces a position to collapse | | Round: | A period in a tournament during which each contestant plays another contestant | | Round Robin Format: | a tournament format in which every contestant plays every other contestant | | Run: | To escape a runner from the opponents home board and it advance toward home | | Runner: | One of the two stones that began the game on the opponents one-point or any stone on the bar or in the opponents home board | | Running Game: | The strategy employed by a player who is ahead in the race and tries to bring his stones home and bear them off with as little interaction with the opponent as possible |
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