AbigailII/Constellation36: I think there is link. Game with cube is played as tripple variant. These games dont know gammons and backgammons so there is no reason to use cube. tripple variants has developed from cube game and earning points is connected to gammon and backgammon. And if this games dont know g&b so there is no reason to play them as tripplegammon.

lukulus:
These games (Plakoto & Fevga ) do know gammons and backgammons actually. In Greece at Plakoto for example,if the mother checker is pinned, this is a gammon. Gammons are achieved when the opponent has no chance to collect any checkers. In Fevga we also count a gammon.We just don't use backgammons. You cannot earn 3 points in one game. But 2 points is acceptable

nikos: >>These games (Plakoto & Fevga ) do know gammons and backgammons actually.
There are no Backgammons in Fevga and Plakoto. Only gammons.
Definitions are the same. In both Plakoto and Fevga if and only if you haven't borne off any checkers and the opponent wins the game, then the opponent wins a gammon, that is twice the value of the game, (that is 2 points in Greece as we don't usually use doubling cube).


>> In Greece at Plakoto for example,if the mother checker is pinned, this is a gammon.
As i'm trying to show wherever i play Plakoto, this is wrong and should not be used.
In the vast majority of cases it is true but there are some where it isn't.
I have shown why before some time with the example i gave below(or above depending on the board setup you have).

Constellation36: These games (Plakoto & Fevga ) do know gammons and backgammons actually
You are correct about the backgammon.They don't know backgammon,but the DO know gammons.

As for the second about motherpins,I have only seen it once.If you play "correct"then there is no way you will win just 1 point for the motherpin checker. This happens one in a million or even one in a billion. I myself never won a just 1 point when capturing the motherpin...