How to Start to Play Backgammon Online

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If you are interested in getting started playing online backgammon but don't know where to start, it's really quite simple. If you want to play backgammon online you simply have to download backgammon software, and understand the rules of the backgammon and you are ready to play.

If you want to play backgammon online, the first step is to find online backgammon software. This software will allow you to play against live opponents around the world. There are many websites that will allow you to download software for free. There are also sites that you must pay to download software - these sites are generally backgammon play for money sites. You can try as many software versions as you'd like before you decide on one that you like best.

It is also important that you know the rules of the game if you'd like to play backgammon online. Online backgammon has the same rules, objective and board as traditional backgammon. The objective is the same as well - move your fifteen checkers around the board to your home board and, once they are all there, bear them off of the board before your opponent does likewise with his or her checkers. A random roll of a pair of dice built into the software determines your moves. You can't move on a point with two opposing checkers and you can send an exposed checker, or blot, back to the bar to re-enter the game from the start.

Now that you understand these basics you are ready to play backgammon online.