There's no designated anti-gammon game type (and hence no rating pool for it) but there's nothing to stop you and your opponent from electing to play a game of backgammon as an anti-gammon game. We do that at DailyGammon when we have anti-gammon tourneys and it works well. Just be sure, if either of you cares about your backgammon rating, that you untick the [v] Rated game on the invitation page. :-)
We should definitely add anti-backgammon to the list of games.
The rules are exactly the same, aren't they? It's just how we interpret the result at the end that changes, right? -- T.J. Crowder First Primate Pocket-Monkey.com
Yes, the rules are the same. As you say, the only difference is who gets the point. Oh, and the fact that analysing an anti-gammon game will cause your backgammon bot to throw its arms up in horror! ;O)
At BrainKing they put a red border around the board to remind people that they are trying to lose because it's rather easy to play an anti-gammon game as if it were proper backgammon, especially in the opening stages and especially for people whose playing style is to crank out a lot of moves in a short time. :-)
I have been an unfortunate victim of playing "good moves" in an anti game and then later realizing I should be trying to lose and not win. It was most recently with a friend at Brainking in checkers and I thought she was playing a bit silly. Well, I ended up with a lot of mud on my face that day
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