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Sorry it is such a long post!!! Forgive me…AFTER you are done reading. :)

— ragamuffinjoe

Thanks to Profozone and you_knowthename’s posts about Chess and Backgammon (and Yahoo games) I was able to start putting together the Backgammon theory/connection. I have been talking with people, and last night DSnumberonefan and I started to come up with the players, pieces, and dice rolls in the show. Thanks to KB’s post, http://lost-theories.com/theories/2007/aug/11/chess-and-lost/ , I decided to post what I think I have come up with.

Before moving on in this post, if you haven’t read my original Backgammon post, please do that first. This theory relies solely on that and the discussions that went along with it.

http://lost-theories.com/theories/2007/aug/09/backgammon-live-together-die-a/

Okay, now to the details of the game as I see it relating to lost.

The board—logic draws you to think it is the island, but I actually believe it is the world-at-large. The game extends pass the island and in to the lives of the losties and hostiles (and who ever else). The board is the world.

The players—my thoughts on this have changed as I have thought about it. I think our players represent two sides. One side is humanity and the other side is the universe (fate, karma, whatever you want to call it). I believe that Jacob represents the side of humanity. I originally thought that Ms. Hawkings was the person representing the universe, but now I believe that it is Walt. Walt seems to be above space-time, and he has powers that no one else seems to possess. The line that does it for me in relation to this is in TTLG when Walt tells John that he has work to do, and then John tells Jack that he is not “supposed to” call the boat. I see this as the attempt of the universe to course correct. Summary—Jacob=humanity and Walt=universe.

The pieces—this is where things get tricky. Not all characters are pieces. Some are pieces and some are dice rolls (which I will get to later). The pieces are those who have not been used by both sides (without letting themselves be used—like Jack). There are obvious pieces and then there are others that are very debatable. Debate away when you are done reading!! Here goes my thoughts (oh, and I have a feeling there will be fifteen pieces per side—obviously I don’t know them all yet):

Humanity pieces—Ben, Richard, and Mikhail. These are the only ones I am certain of.

Universe pieces—Jack, Desmond, John, Michael, Sayid , and maybe Charlie (I will explain his part as well).

Pieces that we know not the allegiance of…Juliet, Kate, Sawyer, Danielle, Alex, and Christian.

I know I am leaving A LOT of people out, but this plays in to dice rolls.

Dice rolls—chance is what equals the rolls of the dice that the two sides have to “play” their turns with. They have to use strategy to move their pieces using the “dice rolls. People and situations are the dice rolls of chance. People that die, I say cannot be pieces, so they are definitely dice rolls (I will explain later why I do not think that pieces can die). Also, people without allegiance and have been used by either side I think are chance rolls (the either side using is relative though, because I have pieces that his has happened with…I will address this in the endgame).

People dice rolls—Hurley (he seems to be a wild card to the game that both sides have used a little—humanity exploited Dave, he has been the uplift for universe pieces, and other things, but I am trying to cut this long thing a little shorter), Sun and Jinn (the pregnancy seems to be a point of contention between the two sides), Rose and Bernard, all dead characters, and all the others that fit into this (help me think of them, will you? :) ). Yes, some I have mentioned may actually pieces, but that is one of the things I want to discuss here!!

Situational dice rolls—Desmond/Kelvin not pressing the button, 815 crashing, Naomi landing on the island, etc (growing weary of the long post, so you can help me here… :) ).

The colors of the peices—I do not think we have enough info to know who is dark and who is light. I think it will be revealed in later seasons and slowly. My gut says that it will be humanity as dark and universe as white, but who knows??

Gameplay—in Backgammon, you change your strategy with what you role in your dice rolls…which already fits in with what I have said. However you can “eat” other players that are alone on a point. Once “eaten” the pieces move to the bar, and you have to use a dice roll that allows you to move them to an open point. If you can’t move them you lose a turn. Sometimes you allow this to happen as a part of strategy…you would just have to play to understand this. The pieces are not out or dead, just on the bar waiting to be put back into play. This is why I believe characters that are pieces cannot die…explaining Mikail (though I think the producers will use science to explain this). This is why I believe Charlie is a piece. How many times has he almost died since the pilot? A lot. I believe the producers will bring him back…he did not really die…though I really don’t want to discuss this here. This is also why I don’t think that John could have killed Jack. Anyway, many of the pieces have almost died and also been captured. The can’t be killed because they are pieces. They are captured as a part of the game. I believe Jack staying with the others may have been an allowance of capture as strategy. Anyway, you get the idea.

The endgame—in Backgammon, the player that returns all of their pieces to the “home” spot. How do the pieces return their pieces in Lost? When the “pieces” accept their place with their “side”. The side that has all their pieces accepting their “roles” then that side will be able to win the board—the world at large. This could be different, but I need new ideas. :)

Oh yeah, the doubling cube…I earlier said that I thought it was Walt, but now I believe it is the island itself. The island ups the ante of the game…and I believe it is rolled up to 64…the greatest stakes you can have in the game. Whoever wins the island wins the game.

I think I may have made some bad assumptions, but you get the idea. I do believe more pieces and rolls are to be revealed, but I do think it is an underlying theme of the show (one of MANY).

What do you think??

Key characters

Short Name	Full Name	Episodes	Theories
Walt	Walter “Walt” Lloyd	2.2, 1.14	345

Key episodes

#	Title	Aired	Central character	Theories
2.23	Live Together, Die Alone	5-24-2006	Desmond	321
2.22	Three Minutes	5-17-2006	Michael	131
2.21	?	5-10-2006	Eko	167
2.20	Two for the Road	5-3-2006	Ana-Lucia	96
2.19	S.O.S.	4-12-2006	Rose, Bernard	102

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