Backgammon Rules

Backgammon is one of the board games for two players in which the playing pieces are shifted in line with the roll of dice. A player wins by taking out all his pieces from the board. There are many variants of backgammon.

The checkers are placed in position and the paths of movement are given for the black and the red. The aim of the game is to take out all the checkers before the rival does it. The checkers are spread out and can be knocked down by the rival. It is usually played in matches because the playing time for every player is short and the award is given to the player who achieves the maximum number of points.

Every player casts one die at the beginning of the game and the one with the highest number moves first using both the numbers shown. The player should move his checkers according to the number of pips shown on each die after rolling the dice. If a player can move both dice for any roll the player can do so. In case he cannot move any dice in a roll according to the position of his checkers, he looses his turn which is passed on to his opponent.

The player will loose a gammon if he has not stood off any checkers by the time the player’s opponent has stood off all fifteen. This will count for a double normal loss. The player’s loss of backgammon will count for a triple loss, if the losing player has not borne off any checkers and still has checkers on the bar or in the opponent’s home board.