How far can you toss a dice? 5 feet? 10 feet? More? What if I get you a helicopter and you can toss your dice from the air to the ground?
Backgammon Masters plan to toss 2 backgammon dice out of a helicopter 200-300 ft. up in the sky onto a 1 acre-sized gigantic backgammon board-shaped field in a HUGE backgammon tournament, and huge here refers to the size of the playing field and dice, checkers and the event itself.
I know people can get really passionate about the backgammon board game but this is nuts!
2 well-known world backgammon champions will play a full match on a huge acre-sized field using a helicopter to toss the dice and a staff to move the checkers communicating with walkie talkies. The size of checkers to be used is 3 feet in diameter. The winner will get to keep the dice which are valued at 1,000 Euro. The backgammon dice are custom made out of a special inflatable material to withstand the impact of the fall.
I have no idea how long will they take to finish one game. It couldn’t be easy having to think on a shaky helicopter and coordinating with staff on the ground about where to move each checker. I hope they won’t get airsick and start throwing up all over the field and the staff!
