System for playing duplicate backgammon tournaments, scoring and handicapping tournaments and awarding points on outcome of tournament

Abstract

The system provides for conducting a backgammon tournament for multiple pairs. The scoring of individual matches is tallied and, based on the score for each individual player during the tournament, players are ranked and Gammon points are awarded. Gammon points are accumulated over time and different levels of expertise are achieved. In addition, winning averages are developed over time allowing for stratified games in tournaments. An alternative to stratified games will be games using the players handicap. With the use of Gammon points won, the winning average, as well as the handicap system, players of every level and ability can play and have a reasonable expectation of winning some number of points.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A system for conducting a duplicate Backgammon game, comprising: 
 a plurality of first pairs, each pair comprising a first player and a second player,    each first pair playing at least one game of Backgammon, with every first pair playing with identical rolls of dice,    rotating players so that each first player is paired with a different second player, to comprise second pairs,    each second pair playing at least one game of Backgammon, with every second pair playing identical rolls of dice,    continuing to rotate players to form new pairs and play at least one game of Backgammon, until a plurality of games have been played,    tallying a score for all first players and tallying a score for all second players, and    the game score based on all hands played.    
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of game is 30.  
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first pairs is ten, each first player playing each second player three hands.  
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 ranking all first players according to the tallied score,    ranking all second players according to the tallied score, and    awarding Gammon Points to the top first players and the top second players.    
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein Gammon Points are awarded to the top 40% of first players and top 40% of second players.  
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the top players of the first players and second players receive one tenth point for each pair in the game.  
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein every subsequent player after the top player receives half the points earned by the next best player.  
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein Gammon points are given a designation varying with the level of difficulty of the tournament.  
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein points are accumulated and players achieve levels based upon the accumulated points.  
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein tournaments have players of different levels, and a ranking of players of similar and lower levels together.  
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein a player scoring points in several level rankings receives the highest point total of the levels.  
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising calculating a handicap for each player, the handicap being the difference between the player's average score and a percentage of the maximum score for the game.  
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the percentage of the maximum score is 60%.  
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first player and the second player with the highest score for a game receive match points being one point less than the number of first pairs.  
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein all first players play at least one game of Backgammon against all second players.