Can a backgammon game go on indefinately?

Question

I was playing in the zone and my opponent disconnected so I naturally doubled cause the computer plays like c**p so that I could finish the game more quickly... but the computer played so bad that I was forced to hit him and I had all but 3 pieces off the board and he went on a hit frenzy that wouldn't stop... there was nothing I could do cause ALL his pieces were in front of me and i had to hit him even though I tried to avoid it.

I tried to keep a point made as I let the odd piece keep getting hit but as I approached my home I would have to break it up and the hitting would continue...

Eventually I got lucky rolling like 3 doubles in a row but even so I avoided getting my odd piece hit 2 times at the end. I got the triple game but I wanted to quit a few times

Answer 1

There are two answers here: one is literal and one is theoretical. Literally, someone will eventually win, the game will end becasu of boredom or because someone eventually gets lucky and rolls doubles two or three times in a row.  Theoretically, however, the dice COULD roll in the perfect pattern so that the game never ends.  Each piece will be hit and the game will never end. It is amazing, but the odds of getting the dice in the perfect pattern is so small.  First of all, the odds keep getting smaller as the lenght of the never-ending game increases.  Then, of course, the chances of rolling those in the right order, back and forth, is soooo small.  Probably like 1:99999999999999999999999999999999999999... maybe even larger

Answer 2

the game can never go on indefinately some one always has to win though some times it can take a while lol