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Backgammon does not leave behind wounded warriorsWe have previously discussed some of the moral, humane qualities of backgammon, mainly in comparison with chess, which despite its superior reputation lacks many of them. (For example, backgammon teaches you better life skills then chess; backgammon rushes adrenaline faster). Well, here is another one:
Backgammon defeats chess in the area of humanitarianism as well. And backgammon as the game of life was the preferred metaphor of Freud himself. Thus says got wolf?, a clinical psychologist, who got the latter information straight from a former patient of the father of psychoanalysis himself (and only intended to illustrate a condition of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
To win in backgammon, you must bring all of your soldiers back home, and you can start clearing the field if some of them are still captivated in the bar. Not taking care of your captivated troops would make you lose big time (gammon) or bigger time (backgammon).
Chess, on the other hand, allows you to "sacrifice all your troops, except the King, in the name of victory". Despite being a war game and all, backgammon makes a better equalitarian and humanitarian than the game of kings. Or as got wolf? phrased it – "in Geneva Conventions terms—(backgammon is) way more soldier-friendly."
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