Backgammon Basics

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Backgammon Basics
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To play backgammon, all you need is

• Backgammon board
• Two sets of 15 checkers
• Pair of dice
• A Partner
• (Optional doubling cube)

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• The backgammon board is divided into 4 parts
• Your home board and outer board
• Your partner's home board and outer board
• The line between the home boards and outer boards
  is called bar

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Backgammon Object

• The object of the backgammon game is
• move all your checkers to the other
  player's home board
• bear them off (to remove them from
  the board)

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Backgammon Winning
To win the game, you must precede your opponent,
first in getting the bearoff stage and then in
bearing off.
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• Next up
• Learn how to set up the backgammon board
• for the opening position.
• In the meantime, start practicing using Play65
  backgammon software