How to Play Online Backgammon

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Playing the game of backgammon online is a great way to learn how to play or to improve your game. Online backgammon is played exactly the same way as regular backgammon aside from the obvious difference of using a computer screen instead of a backgammon board. The objective is exactly the same - to get all of your checkers off the board before your opponent. The game components are also the same - a pair of dice, a doubling cube (if you are playing for stakes), and a board with twenty-four points divided into four quadrants with a bar separating the board down the center.

In online backgammon you can choose to play against the computer or against a human opponent which will be someone like you, sitting in front of their computer anywhere in the world. You usually have the opportunity to chat with this person during the game.

There are many versions of online backgammon software depending on where you choose to play but they are all very straightforward and easy to use. Follow the directions for the software you have chosen to use in order to roll the dice and move your checkers around the board. Whoever finishes first is the winner!

There are many free versions of online backgammon that you can play for fun, but there are also sites that allow you to up the stakes with money. These sites generally allow you to try their software for free before betting. Try out a few and decide which one you like best.