After a period where two parallel sessions were held -- one online at Backgammon Studio Heroes and one live at the Bristol County Sports Club (a k a Sportsmans) -- the Sportsmans session was discontinued .from the start of 2024
How the groups are organised:
4, 5, 6 or 7 players form a single group;
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 players form two equal, or nearly equal, groups;
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21 players form three equal, or nearly equal, groups;
and so on;
those in the side pool will be spread evenly between the groups.
Nackgammon Grand Prix points will be awarded as follows:
4 players (online): 1st 21 pts; 2nd 13; 3rd 8; 4th 5.
5 players (online): 1st 24 pts; 2nd 16; 3rd 11; 4th 8; 5th 5.
6 players (online): 1st 27 pts; 2nd 19; 3rd 14; 4th 11; 5th 8; 6th 5.
7 players (online): 1st 30 pts; 2nd 22; 3rd 17; 4th 14; 5th 11; 6th 8; 7th 5.
A player's points from all events are are added together, although when more than seven events are entered, lowest scoring events are discarded.