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Backgammon is another two player board game which consists of 30 stones or checkers (15 each, different colours), a pair of dice and a dice cup to shake the dice.

backgammon board

The object is to move all of one’s checkers across, and off the board.

The board consists of 24 long triangles called points, which are numbered from 1 to 24. Each player sets up his checkers as shown and players move in opposite directions from their 24-point to their 1-point. Each player then rolls the dice alternatively.

After the roll, the player is required to move his checkers according to the number on each die. He can move the same checker, or different checkers, but in distinct move (e.g. on rolling a 4 and 5, the player may move one checker forward first 4, then 5 points, or he may move two different checkers 4 and 5 points respectively).

A checker may land on an unoccupied point, or a point occupied by the player’s own checkers. If a checker lands on a point occupied by a single opposing checker, called a blot, then the blot is said to be hit and is placed on the centre bar of the board. A checker can never land on a point occupied by two or more opposing checkers.

 

Checkers on the middle bar may re-enter the game through the player’s home board. A roll of 3 allows the checker to re-enter on the 22-point, a roll of 4 on the 21-point and so on. One cannot move any other checkers as long as he has checkers on the middle bar.

When all checkers are back on the board, the players move forward and start moving them off the board (called ‘bearing off’). A roll of 3 can be used to bear off a checker on the 3-point, 2 for the 2-point and so on. A higher roll can be used to bear off a lower numbered checker only if there is no checker present on a higher number.
The first player to get all his checkers off the board wins.

Strategies

  • Priming involves covering a number of consecutive points, thereby blocking the opponent’s checkers. He may not move them unless the prime is broken.
  • Duplication involves positioning one’s checkers in such a way that the opponent requires the same dice roll to get through them e.g. positioning your blot such that the opponent requires a 3 to hit any of them.
  • A running game involves moving as quickly as possible through the board to avoid being hit.
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