Backgammon

How to play Backgammon

Roll two dice, race your fifteen checkers home, then bear them all off before your opponent does.

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   Roll the dice

   Tap Roll to throw two dice. Each die is a separate move, so a 5 and a 2 lets you move one checker five spaces and another two. Rolling a double gives you four moves of that number.

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   Tap to move

   Tap one of your points to pick it up, then tap a highlighted point to drop a checker there. You can land on any point that is empty, has your own checkers, or has just one of your rival's.

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   Hit a lone rival

   If you land on a point with a single opponent checker, you hit it. That checker goes to the bar in the middle and has to come back in before its owner can do anything else.

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   Come in off the bar

   If one of your checkers is on the bar, you must bring it back into play first. You can only enter on an open point, so a die that has no open spot is wasted.

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   Bear off to win

   Once all fifteen of your checkers reach your home board, start bearing them off the board with your rolls. The first player to bear off all fifteen wins the game.