Few fundamental things that you will need before starting to play backgammon, whether online or offline; you must be willing to study the rules of the game primarily from one of the backgammon books or from any material relating to it.

 

First thing: Backgammon is essentially a game for two players and it’s not practical to play less or more than 2 backgammon players.

 

The players should bring with them fundamental equipment of backgammon game. if you are playing online you need not have them.

 

Backgammon Board: Boards are created by a wide range of materials and are obtainable in many sizes. Most sets fold in half like a briefcase to save space. They have the checkers, dice, and cups to protect the surface.

 

Checkers: Thirty checkers, naturally round, 15 of one color and fifteen of another, which the players apply them through the game. It creates no difference about which side or which color checkers the players employ as either player has the chance to move first.

 

Dices: Preferably two pairs of 6-sided dice, with 1 pair for each player.

 

Dice Cups: Two dice cups made to shake the dice and roll them onto the board. One more way of rolling dice is through the use of a baffle box where the dice are put into the top and roll down a slope onto the board. Both are standard to avoid dice handling.

 

Doubling Cube: The cube is an oversized 6-sided die with the numbers 2,4,8,16,32, and 64 on the 6 faces; this dice is used to maintain track of the number of points or units at stakes in the game.

 

Each player should move their men according to the numbers shown on each throw of their dice. Checkers are moved around the board by the players into their home boards. Formerly all of the checkers are in the home board; players can start the bear off.

 

The player who bears off all of their checkers first, succeeds the game.