How to play backgammon – The Basics

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Are you interested in learning how to play backgammon, the game that millions of people all over the world consider to be the best board game that has ever been created? This game originated in Turkey around 3000BC and has grown in popularity to such an extent that you can now play over the internet.

What you first need to know before you play backgammon is that this game is played by two players around a backgammon board. There are two main areas of this board, the inner board (home board) where you have to end the game, and the outer board. The outer board is where your opponent has to finish his game. The aim of backgammon is to move all your pieces (called pips) to the inner board and then to remove them (called bearing off). The game starts by each player rolling one die, the player with the highest of the two will play first using the total from both dice. The game continues with the alternation of rolling the dice from one player to another until the end.

To play backgammon well you a lot of strategy. The dice are random, however you can take charge of a game easily if you have a few strategies under your sleeve. Many helpful tips can be found on the internet and if you use these when you play backgammon then you will come out a champion every time.