STAVKA
Elder Member
The main drawback with cup is the slower play, compared to two Dice-towers, real ASL players use two Dice-towers (four during Campaign games) and it will not help to speed up play by using two cups.
The annoying part with cups (especially small) are when player sometimes, touch the dice after the roll with the cup when lifting it up or slam the cup (i.e, try to play faster), then still lift them up slowly to avoid touching the dice.
Also how players use the dice in the cup and flip it onto a mousepad is not allowed at Backgammon tournaments, there is plenty more Action when they roll with a cup (see youtube), as with a Dice-tower/Baffel-box.
Another Backgammon rule
3.2 Cups
If they are available, a player can demand that cups with an interior lip are used in preference to those without an interior lip. If cups with an interior lip are available only after the match starts, a player can demand that the cups in use are replaced at that time.
TD can also demand a player to roll the cup into a baffel box If the player do not shake the dice in the cup enough before each roll.
The annoying part with cups (especially small) are when player sometimes, touch the dice after the roll with the cup when lifting it up or slam the cup (i.e, try to play faster), then still lift them up slowly to avoid touching the dice.
Also how players use the dice in the cup and flip it onto a mousepad is not allowed at Backgammon tournaments, there is plenty more Action when they roll with a cup (see youtube), as with a Dice-tower/Baffel-box.
Another Backgammon rule
3.2 Cups
If they are available, a player can demand that cups with an interior lip are used in preference to those without an interior lip. If cups with an interior lip are available only after the match starts, a player can demand that the cups in use are replaced at that time.
TD can also demand a player to roll the cup into a baffel box If the player do not shake the dice in the cup enough before each roll.