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How to play BackgammonThe object in Backgammon is to be the 1st to get all your checkers off the game board.Playing the Game Game steps: 1. Setup the Backgammon board. 2. Sit opposite your game opponent with the game board between you. 3. Throw a single die to determine who will get to move first. Roll again if both players get the same number. 4. Move first according to the roll of the dice if you rolled the higher number, but keep in mind that you must use both dice to determine your first move. 5. Number points 1 through 24 starting with the point on the upper right-hand corner farthest away from you. 6. Move checkers in a counterclockwise direction, and notice your opponent moving counterclockwise also. 7. Move checkers onto open points only. You can not move onto points with two or more opposing checkers. Move checkers separately or in pairs. 8. Move all the pips shown on the dice. Play the larger number if you can only use one of the two numbers or as many of the doubles. 9. Place your opponent's checker on the bar when you hit a blot. 10. Commence bearing off when you've moved all of your checkers into the home board quadrant. Backgammon Tips Rolls of the dice don't count if they land on a checker, land outside of the board or don't land flat. If both dice come up with the same number on any roll but the first, the player gets doubles and gets to move two times the roll. Getting two sixes means that the player gets four moves of six. Move any of the checkers you wish, but your ultimate objective is to get them all into the home board. IT Studios offers full-cycle game development services, creating your perfect gaming experience, we ensure it runs smoothly across all platforms. Doubling Steps: 1. Rest the doubling cube on the bar at the beginning of play. 2. Propose to double the stake of the game before you take a turn if you think you're well enough ahead to warrant it. 3. Win the game if your opponent forfeits the double. 4. Continue playing if your opponent accepts. 5. Be aware that your opponent may redouble if the game situation changes. 6. Note that a gammon doubles or a backgammon triples the stake of the cube. Gammon Tips The player who declines the double the first time loses one point. The stakes are then raised with subsequent redoubles. If a player declines a redouble, he loses two points. If a player declines a third redouble, he loses four points and so on. Play the classic card game Spider Solitaire free online! The game can be played completely full-screen, does not require registration or download backgammon on TV It had to happen, with the plethora of TV channels that now proliferate around the television networks growing everyday now, in particular sports channels. The demand for more sports action fuels the insatiable appetite of sports fans that just can not get enough. But where do companies go to find the next big sports show? Satellite TV and Cable offer literally thousands of different programmes on the networks word wide so it comes as no surprise that backgammon which is currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity due to firstly its presence as an online game, and secondly its challenge to online poker, has now been taking to the television airwaves appealing to a pan-European audience on Euro sport. The show premiered on Monday November 6th 2006 and is set to run over eight weeks. The first show went out at 23.15 CET and 22.15 in the UK. The series is produced by The World Series of Backgammon and its spokesman Andy Bell said, 'We're confident that this series will provide exciting action, and informative programming for Europe's gaming fans. There's definitely a synergy between backgammon and other games of luck and chance; I'm certain that thousands of poker fans will join backgammon enthusiasts and tune in to watch this show.'
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