Play types

Money Game
The normal kind of play, where each match is completed individually without being in connection with the matches before and afterwards. After each game, the loser immediately pays the winner the arranged initial stakes multiplied by the value of the doubling cube and multiplied by the value of a possibly Gammon(2) or Backgammon (3).

Match play
With the match play, one plays up to a certain number of points, e.g. 17. Each match has 1 point as initial value, and can be increased, however, due to the doubling cube and a (Back)Gammon.
Match play has the advantage that the doubling cube increases not the stakes, but only the assigned points of the respective play. The same applies to Gammon and Backgammon. For beginners we recommend match plays therefore.

If one reached the match point, MP, (only one point is missing for one player to win the match - e.g. it stands 16 to 12 in a 17-Points-Match), may not be doubled in the next game. If this player loses the match then (score now e.g. 16 to 13), it can be doubled again, which you should always do if you lie behind, since it does not make a difference whether you lose the match 17 to 13 or e.g. 20 to 13.

Tournaments
Tournaments are played accordingly to the principle of match play in a knock out-system, in which the winner of a match makes it into the next round. A tournament normally demands a deposit, which forms the prize. There are also free tournaments with prizes, but many of these places demand that you collected a certain number of points when playing for real money as a condition of participation.