Backgammon is a game of sin. It has been banned on five continents during three different millenia. Cut it one way, spin it another, but that table is drenched with sin at each roll tossed, with each point made, under each pip gained, and in each blot hit. Don’t fear sin, but do watch it. Know your sins. As backgammon is a primal game, we must look at the seminal sins. The Seven Deadly Sins have clear avatars in the six doubles plus the 5-2, and the now forgotten nine sins are represented by adding the 2-1 and 4-1. Be careful, and watch these rolls. If you roll each of the Seven Deadly Sins in one game, the cube automatically turns to 64!
The Seven Seminal Sins
6-6 Greed
5-5 Gluttony
4-4 Pride
3-3 Lust
2-2 Envy
1-1 Sloth
5-2 Wrath
The two demoted sins, formerly a part of the nine deadly sins:
4-1 Vainglory (unjustified boasting)
2-1 Acedia (apathy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins
Excerpt From: Sleeve of Crete. “909 Backgammon Teaser.” Desert Mast Press. 2012
Happy New Moon!
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