Grey and Blue (the one on this page) Yellow and Brown Dark Green and Red Monochrome

	BOM logo :
Text label (optional) :		Font size : Small Medium Large	Color : Red Black Blue
Images path :

• You can now set the dices for each player.
• You can also include cube proposition for each side.
• You can decide if the numbers are going "clockwise" or "anti-clockwise".
• You can add a (small) text label which will be included at the bottom of the resulting image.
• You can choose between 4 differents looks for the resulting board. (see here)
• You can choose to keep the BOM (Board'O'Matic) logo or not.

This page will allow you to simply create graphical backgammon board to illustrate a given position. You just have to set up the board and the program will give you 3 things : a single image representing the board, a text representation (ASCII) of your board and the HTML source of a "mosaic" version of your board. The single image is useful for page with a unique board (like in a position-archive web-site) and for including graphics in a document which is not a web page (word processor...). The text version is perfect for posting on rec.games.backgammon. The mosaic version is great when you want to publish a web page with several boards (it's a far lighter way than the single images option).
Important note : if you want to use the HTML source, you'll need the corresponding set of GIF images. You can download this set here.

It's simple. You only have to select the part of the board you want to setup with the corresponding arrow (something like this :). The selected zone is indicated by the red arrow (). Then, you can use the 'plus' and 'minus' buttons on the right of the board. The blue buttons control the "add" and "remove" functions of the blue men. The white ones are for the white men. When your board is completely setup, you can use the GO button to submit your board. The system will give you a single image representation of your board and the HTML source of the "mosaic" version. Here are some useful hints :

• Blue men are going from 24 to 1. White men the opposite.
• As a way of fact, in the upper out-board you can only add white men and in the bottom out-board you can only add blue men.
• Similarly, the upper bar only accept blue men and the bottom one white ones.
• The cube values are also changed using the + and - buttons, the color of the buttons are not significant.
• The "images path" field controls the path the program will use in the HTML "mosaic" version. For instance, if you install the board images set in the bg/pos/images subdirectory of your web site, you need to type "bg/pos/images" in this field. If you don't need this, just leave the field with its default value.
• The dices and the "cube proposition" are not controlled with the arrows. You just have to click directly on it to make the figure change.
• You can also change the numbers position with the "reverse numbers" button.
• You have the choice between 4 different look-and-feel for the board. One example of each board is available here.
• It's also possible to suppress the BOM logo in the middle of the board and to add a label to the board.

I'd like to hear about this page. I you want to report bugs, submit new ideas or improvements, fell free to do it : fhochede@nordnet.fr.
I also have the project to extend the functionnality of this page to the generation of complete game report HTML page, even maybe whole matches.

Here are some well known users of BOM :

Alan Webb on his "Webby's Backgammon Site"
setup some great quiz with the help of BOM

Michael Strato use his own copy of BOM to allow visitors
to include boards in the forum of the GammonVillage site.

Last modification 03/17/2000 Francois Hochedé (francois on FIBS).