case he throws a doublet in rolling the dice. Pinning Hitting is not allowed in Plakoto. In its place, if a player lands on a point occupied by a single opposing piece, the opponent's piece is pinned and cannot be moved until the pinning player moves his piece. A block is created by two pieces of a player lying on a point or one of his pieces pinning the opponent's piece. Mother piece The mother piece is the last piece on a player's starting point. It is very important in Plakoto, because if the mother piece gets pinned by an opposing piece before it has left the starting point, the game is over and lost double. This rule is waived if the opponent also has his own mother piece at the starting point. A game in which the mother pieces of both players are pinned results in a tie. Bearing off A player may only start bearing off in Plakoto after all fifteen pieces have reached the home board. A player can bear off by rolling a number that corresponds to the point on which the piece is placed. If there is no piece on the point indicated by the roll, then the player has to make a legal move using a piece on a higher-numbered point. If there are no pieces on higher-numbered points, the player must remove a piece from the highest point that has a piece. In this way he can remove all of his pieces from the board. Scoring The first player who bears off all his fifteen pieces is the winner. If the loser has successfully borne off at least one piece, he loses only one point; otherwise two points are lost. References Literature Frantzis, Nicholas (1979). The Seven Popular Games of Backgammon. Hicksville, NY: Exposition. p. 42. Goldberg, Suzanne and Robert Hamilton (1996). Backgammon. San Francisco: Gamescape. p. 1. Jacoby, Oswald and John R. Crawford (1970). The Backgammon Book. NY: Viking. p. 212. Obolensky, Prince Alexis and Ted James (1969). Backgammon: The Action Game. London: Allen. p. 165. Parlett, David (1999). The Oxford History of Board Games. Oxford: OUP. Ratip, Arman (1977). How to Play Backgammon. London: Spring. p. 38. (under "Press Backgammon") Tzannes, Nicolaos and Basil Tzannes (1977). Backgammon Games and Strategies. South Brunswick: Barnes. p. 82. External links Backgammon Galore - Plakoto Tables games Greek culture bg:Тапа (игра)