Learn how checkers move in backgammon, when a point is open, how to use both dice and doubles, and how legal and illegal moves differ.

Learn ten practical backgammon strategy principles: make points, build a prime, manage risk, count the race, and choose the right game plan.

Learn essential backgammon terms, from points, blots and the bar to bearing off, the doubling cube, prime and pip count.

Set up a backgammon board with a numbered diagram, a checker-count table and a quick check of movement directions and common mistakes.

Check backgammon rules at the board: starting setup, legal dice moves, bar entry and bearing off, with practical examples and a quick checklist.

Learn backgammon step by step: board setup, checker movement, doubles, hitting, entering, bearing off and basic scoring.

The resonant sound of dice tumbling across a velvet field… The rhythmic cadence of checkers moving over polished wood… And the silent, electrifying duel between two minds seated across from one another. This is a tableau unchanged for five millennia. As one of history’s oldest tests of strategy, backgammon has served as a noble arena […]