Backgammon is a game for two participants, played on a board consisting of twenty-four narrow triangles called points. The triangles alternate in color and are grouped into four quadrants of six triangles each. The quadrants are referred to as a player's home board and outer board, and the opponent's home board and outer board. The home and outer boards are separated from each other by a ridge down the center of the board called the bar. The objective of the game is to move all your checkers into your own home board and then bear them off. The first player to bear off all of their checkers wins the game. For adapting this game so it can be enjoyed by someone who has visual impairments all you need is a special type of the setup case which contains borders between each row so the player can have a clear picture of where his/her checkers are situated. Also a neutral sighted player is needed so he/she can announce the numbers of the rolled dice. If there is no sighted person who can assist the game an adapted dice should be used. |