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Backgammon RulesBackgammon rules are less frightening than they seem in the eyes of the backgammon beginner. In this easy step-to-step guide to backgammon rules, you will learn the fundamentals of the game, including board set up, bearing off, doubling cube, and more importantly - backgammon winning.
Backgammon Fundamentals
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The backgammon game basic rules are simple enough. Two players compete over a board with twenty-four positions or "points", with fifteen checkers each. Movement of the checkers is controlled by the throw of two dice, each player throwing once in turn. Checkers are moved by the players as per the throw.
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- The game starts with each player rolling one dice: the person throwing the higher number moves the two values thrown. In the case of a tie, the dice are thrown again. Throws are now made alternately till the game ends.
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| The backgammon board is divided into 24 adjacent spaces or points consisting of long triangles of alternating colors, connected along one side(See figure). The points are numbered from 1 to 24; checkers move from higher to lower points. This means that point no. 24 for one player is point no.1 for another. Each player begins with two checkers on point no.24, five each on points 13 and 6 and three on point no.8. |
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- All your checkers in play must be on your home board before you start bearing off to remove your checkers from play. If you suffer a hit on one or more of your checkers during this process, you must legally re-enter the checkers that have been hit and move them round to your inner board before you resume bearing off.
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The nature of the game of backgammon attracts those who love to gamble, although many players enjoy a game with no money involved. The introduction of the "doubling cube" into the game in the 1920's has significantly spiced up the game, and added one more element of skill to be mastered. The propositions behind the action of doubling (administered by the Doubling Cube) are these:
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