Does skill or luck make a winning backgammon player?
Is Backgammon a mostly a game of chance or a game of skill? In any game that involves rolling dice, a certain amount of chance or luck comes into play. But how much? There may be no definitive answer to that question, but that doesnt stop the debate. Some people claim backgammon is purely a game of chance. But if that is so, how do we account for players who consistently win a higher percentage of games? Do we assume they are just luckier than their opponents all the time? But that defies the definition of luck. Luck cannot be consistent over a period of time. Without question, experience and skill must factor into a players chances of winning a game. They can mitigate an opponents good luck and increase the advantage you gain when luck sways your way. How much luck factors into a game of backgammon depends on numerous variables, but the two primary variables that decide how much weight luck carries in a game are the length of the game and the equality of each opponents skill and exper
