<p>Just to make it an easy and fast rule, a player MUST play the larger part of the roll, if he can play ONLY one part of his dice.</p>

<p>In the above example, if red rolls 21, he MUST play 3/1, and is not permitted to play 3/2, this is not a choice, its a mandatory move.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-02-26T01:50:18.010Z
2015-02-26T01:50:18.010Z
Skytten
<p>Player A has 14 stones on Player B's one-point, and a fifteenth stone on his 3-point. </p>

<p>Player B has a wall at least two points long running back from his two-point.</p>

<p>If player A rolls 1-2 he can move his fifteenth stone either one or two points (respectively to either the two-point or one-point), but cannot move it three (ie remove it) because not al his stones are in his Home board yet.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/qUGqk.png" alt="example"></p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-02-18T17:37:58.263Z
Also, there could just be another wall 3 spaces away from the lone stone.
GendoIkari
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-11-02T12:59:24.000Z
Position is right (although pretty unusual), but description is misleading.
dwo
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-02-17T23:06:26.323Z
2015-02-18T17:33:21.140Z
2015-02-18T17:33:21.140Z
Forget I was ever here
<p>I don't know of a scenario that is an example: if either number can be played but not both, the player must play the larger one. Can someone please explain when this rule should be used.</p>

<backgammon>
Rule Example in Backgammon
Tyler
# Rule Example in Backgammon

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-02-17)

I don't know of a scenario that is an example: if either number can be played but not both, the player must play the larger one. Can someone please explain when this rule should be used.

**Tags:** backgammon


---

## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-02-26. Score: 3

Just to make it an easy and fast rule, a player MUST play the larger part of the roll, if he can play ONLY one part of his dice.

In the above example, if red rolls 21, he MUST play 3/1, and is not permitted to play 3/2, this is not a choice, its a mandatory move.


---

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-02-17. Score: 0

Player A has 14 stones on Player B's one-point, and a fifteenth stone on his 3-point.

Player B has a wall at least two points long running back from his two-point.

If player A rolls 1-2 he can move his fifteenth stone either one or two points (respectively to either the two-point or one-point), but cannot move it three (ie remove it) because not al his stones are in his Home board yet.

![example](https://i.sstatic.net/qUGqk.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Also, there could just be another wall 3 spaces away from the lone stone.  
> **username_4**: Position is right (although pretty unusual), but description is misleading.  

---

