"Snoopy": From what I have seen so far in my games, it is similar to normal backgammon. There are two differences. First, sometimes you avoid hitting to avoid cloning. However, cloning is sometimes good, if it enables you to have an advantage as in this game.

Cloning Backgammon (gambler104 vs. prettymama)
(moves 10 and 11). So I hope this helps a little.