Backgammon basics: How to play a game (Part 2)
The game of backgammon only has one objective – to move all of your checkers into your own home board and then bear them off. The first player that is able to bear off all of their checkers will win the game.Starting a game of backgammon is quite simple. Each player throws a single die. This action will determine who gets to make the first move to play and the numbers that will be played. If the throw of both players resulted in equal numbers, then both players will roll again until they roll different numbers. The players that throws the higher number no moves his checkers based on the number showing on both dice. After this first roll the players will throw the two dice and will alternate their turns.
The roll of the dice also indicates how many points or pips the player is going to move his checkers. The checkers are always moved in one direction – forward – to a lower numbered point.
There are some rules that apply to playing backgammon:
* A checker may be moved only to a point that is open, that is, one that is not occupied by two or more opposing checkers.
* The numbers represented on the two dice thrown actually represent separate moves. Let us say, for example, that a player has rolled a 5 and a 3. He may move one checker five spaces to an open point and then another checker three spaces to an open point. Or alternatively, he may move that one checker a total of eight spaces to an open point. But he can only do this if the intermediate point (either three or five spaces from the starting point) is also open.
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Posted on July 30, 2006 by Nigel | Filed Under Backgammon, Strategy, tips
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