Backgammon Pūnaewele

He moʻolelo lōʻihi loa kā Backgammon, akā maʻalahi ke aʻo ʻana pehea e pāʻani ai i backgammon. He pāʻani ia o ke mākaukau a ʻo kekahi mea, eia ka mea pōʻino, nui ka poʻe ʻōpio i kēia mau lā ʻaʻole ʻike ka poʻe āpau. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole e lōʻihi loa ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana iā ʻoe iho me pehea e pāʻani ai i ka backgammon. Mahalo i ka piʻi ʻana o ka pūnaewele, ke aʻo ʻana pehea e pāʻani ai i backgammon ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi ma mua o ka manawa a ke nanea nei ka pāʻani o backgammon i kahi ala hou o ka kaulana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke pāʻani ma ka pūnaewele, hoʻoiho i nā pāʻani backgammon mai ka Pūnaewele, a pāʻani me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a i ʻole kūʻē i ke kamepiula.

Hoʻomaopopo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i nā pāʻani i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ‘ʻelua mau mea pāʻani, hoʻokahi papa backgammon, a loaʻa i kēlā me kēia mea pāʻani he 15 mau pā. Ke aʻo nei pehea e pāʻani ai i backgammon, e ʻike ʻoe i ka mea o ka pāʻani ke neʻe i nā ʻāpana mai ka papa i kāu papa home a i ka hope loa i kāu paila lanakila. ʻO ke kanaka mua e hoʻomaʻemaʻe kūleʻa i ka papa o kā lākou pāʻina āpau e lanakila i ka pāʻani. Māhele ʻia ka papa backgammon i ʻehā mau ʻāpana. Ke nānā nei ʻoe i ka papa mai kekahi o nā ʻaoʻao o ka mea pāʻani, ʻo ka quadrant o ka papa backgammon kokoke loa iā ʻoe kou papa home, ke neʻe nei i ka uaki, e hele ʻoe ma luna o ka pā a ʻike i ka hapalua o ka papa backgammon, i kuhikuhi ʻia e like me ka papa waho. Ke neʻe hou aku nei i ka quadrant i koe o ka papa ka papa home o kou hoa paio. E ʻike ʻoe i kēlā me kēia quadrant he 6 helu. ʻO kēia nā wahi āu e neʻe ai. ʻOiai he ʻokoʻa nā kala i nā kala, hiki i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana ke neʻe i luna o nā kiko kala, ʻaʻole ke kala o ka ʻāpana a me ke kala o nā kiko i kūlike.

Hoʻomaka ka pāʻani me nā ʻāpana ma kahi kūpono. He ʻelima mau ʻāpana o kēlā me kēia mea pāʻani i ka helu mua ma kā lākou papa home, kahi kokoke loa i ka pā. Ke neʻe hou nei lākou i ka uaki, loaʻa i kēlā me kēia mea pāʻani ʻekolu mau ʻāpana ma kā lākou ʻaoʻao o ka papa waho. Hoʻokomo ʻia kēia mau mea i ka kiko ʻaʻole pili pono i ka laina, akā hoʻokahi aku ke kaʻawale. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka papa waho, ma ke kiko mamao loa mai ka laina waena, kau kēlā me kēia mea pāʻani i ʻelima mau ʻāpana hou aʻe. Ke neʻe nei i luna o ka papa, hoʻonohonoho kēlā me kēia mea pāʻani i ʻelua mau ʻāpana i ka papa home o ka mea pāʻani ʻē aʻe kokoke loa i ko lākou ‘waho’ kūlana.

Hōʻike kēlā me kēia ʻōwili o ka dice i ehia mau helu i ʻae ʻia kahi mea pāʻani e neʻe i kā lākou ʻāpana. ʻO kahi laʻana, inā ʻolokaʻa ʻoe i ʻelima a me ʻehā, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoneʻe i kāu kīʻī i ka huina nui ʻeiwa mau helu. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoneʻe i hoʻokahi pāhā i ʻehā mau ākea a me nā ʻāpana chip 5 ʻē aʻe. Pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i nā ʻōwili ʻelua inā hiki ke kūpono iā ʻoe e hoʻohana. ʻO ke ana wale nō ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke neʻe i kahi ʻāpana ma kahi ākea i noho ʻia. Inā pālua kahi mea pāʻani, pālua lākou i nā neʻe, no ka laʻana, inā loaʻa pālua iā ʻoe, hiki iā ʻoe ke neʻe i 4 ʻāpana 6 puan ma kahi o ʻelua mau ʻāpana 6. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi puʻukū hoʻokahi ma kahi ākea a me kahi ʻāpana mai kāu mea hoʻokūkū kūʻē e pae ai i luna, hoʻihoʻi ʻia kāu ʻāpana i ka pā waena a mai laila mai e hoʻomaka i ka huakaʻi mai nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka papa. ʻO ka mea mua i loaʻa i kā lākou ʻāpana āpau ma o ka papa a lanakila i ke kūlana palekana.