Backgammon

Contents

The Backgammon game usually comes in an easily  transportable case resembling a small suitcase. The lining of the suitcase serves as the game board and the inside contents include 30  checker pieces, 2 sets of dice, and 2 shakers.

The Set-up

There are 24 triangles on the board known as points. The checkers are color  coded, 15 of one color and 15 of another. Each player will set their  board according to the diagram below Two pieces will go on the 24th  point, five on the 13th point, three on the 8th point, and five on the  6th point. This is the starting setup of the game, and players will  strive to move all their pieces to their home board then successfully  bare all their pieces off the board. A strong strategy is to try and hit as many of your opponents unprotected playing piece, known as “blots”,  along the way.

How to start

To start both players will roll one die, the  player that rolled the higher die goes first. Usually you will roll two  dice but since each player rolled one die each, the player with the  higher roll will move first based off the die that they rolled and the  die the opponent rolled. From there players alternate turns accordingly.

Moving your pieces

You are always moving your pieces towards your home board. The checkers can move only to an open point, meaning that the point is NOT occupied by  TWO or more of your opponents pieces. If the point has only ONE of your  opponents pieces, you are encouraged to move your checker there in order ”hit” your opponent. More on this under the section titled “Hitting a piece”

After rolling your dice, you have two choices as to how you move your  checkers. You can move one checker the equivalent of the first die and a second checker the equivalent of a second die, or you can move one  checker the equivalent of both die added together, but you can only do  the latter if the count of the first die moves the checker to an open  point. You can stack as many of your personal checkers on any one point.

Doubles: If you roll doubles you get to move double the amount. For example. if  you roll double 2’s you get to move a total of four 2’s in any format  you’d like. So essentially instead of moving 2 pieces 2 space each you  get to move 4 pieces 2 spaces each. You must move the full count of the  roll, if possible. If you cannot move you lose your turn.

Hitting a piece:

If you can land on a point that has only ONE of your opponents pieces,  known as a ”blot” then you can hit your opponent and move their piece  to the bar. The bar is the middle crease of the board, where it folds in half. You can hit more than one of your opponents pieces in a turn. Now the opponent with the piece on the bar cannot make any other move until their pieces are off of the bar. They must re-enter the board on their  opponents home board. When re-entering the game from the bar, you can  use your whole turn. Meaning, if you roll a 3-4 you can re-enter on the 3 or 4 point and then move your checker according to the remaining die,  as you would on a normal turn. You can hit an opponents piece on the  home board or the outer board.

Bearing off:

All 15 piece  must be on the home board before you can begin bearing off. To bear off  you roll the dice and remove the associated checkers. For example if you roll a 6 & 5 you can remove one checker from the 6 point and one  from the 5 point. Now, if you roll a die that is higher than where your  checker is on the board, i.e. you roll a 6 but highest checker is on  point 5, you can remove a checker from the highest point, so from the  5th point. The dice has to be higher than the highest point in order to  do this. Meaning if the lowest point your checker is on is the 3rd  point and you roll a 2 you cannot remove a checker from the 3, however  you can move a checker on the home board just as you would on a normal  move.

Winning:

The player that successfully removes all of their checkers from the home board first wins the game! If you are able to remove all 15 of your checkers before your opponent as borne off any of theirs then it is considered a gammon and the win is worth two  points as opposed to one. If you are able to bear off all 15 of your  checkers before your opponent has the chance to bear any of theirs, and  your opponent still has a checker on your home board then the win is  considered a backgammon and is worth 3 points!

The Doubling Cube:

These days, most backgammon sets come with a doubling cube. This cube is  mostly used in competitions and not an essential component of the game,  however, it does add an element of excitement on any level. The cube is  used to double the stakes of the game and is marked with the numbers  2,4,8,16,32 and 64. If you decided to play with the doubling cube, you  will start the game off at one point. If at some point in the game one  of the opponents feels they have an advantage to win, they can pull out  the doubling cube and double the points of the game from one to two. The opposing player can either accept the challenge by picking up the cube  and placing it on their side of the board, or they can concede the game  right then and there and choose to lose one point instead of two.

If the opponent accepts the challenge the player that accepted now has the option to double the game once again if the tide turns in their  favorite raising the stakes from two points to four. Now the opposing  opponent can accept or concede and if they conceded they give up two  points as opposed to one.

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