Hello friends.

I realised that if I select a colour ( ex: white ) means the game ( chess ) I get the colour which I selected ( white ). And in the rematch I will get another colour ( black ). But in backgammon (i.e : hyper ) if I select a colour ( eg: black ) , the selected colour only applies on the every rematch I play against the same opponent ( i.e if I win a hyper match against my opponent as black, again I get the same black colour during my next game too ( rematch )).

Why does this happen with backgammon?

Hi @Only_Chess_and_Hyper

A good question.

This is because in Chess, and all games on PlayStrategy with the exception of Backgammon/Nackgammon/Hyper, the colour also maps to a turn order. So in Chess being White means you are also the first player. In Othello being White means you are player 2.

In Backgammon the colour has no influence on the turn order. Neither White or Black is the default starting colour, the starting player is determined by random (in real life, by rolling the dice). So sometimes as White you are player 1, sometimes as Black you are player 1.

When requesting a rematch for a game without a random start player (e.g. Chess, Othello, everything but Backgammon) we flip the colours so the rematch is played with a different starting player. But the rules of Backgammon don't allow for that. Every new game should always be random. So it makes no sense to swap the colours for the players as that doesn't mean anything, and is more likely to confuse players.

Thanks.

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