You don't have to hire a professional or sign up for courses to learn how to play backgammon. It is enough just to delve into the rules of the game, and experience will come with time. Today there are many varieties of backgammon, but they all obey the basic rules.
A game with a centuries-old history, which was born in Persia and became popular all over the world - backgammon, children in the Islamic world learn from childhood. And the whole point is that in the treatises that have come down almost from the time of the Prophet Muhammad, the game is called the best exercise for the mind. Backgammon really develops logic and memory, contributes to concentration.
The subtleties of the correct game of backgammon
In order to start the game, you need 15 checkers for each of the players. The special board used in this game has two identical pieces of 6 holes on the short side. This side is made up of "points" represented as elongated narrow triangles. Each player has 24 of these triangles with a certain numbering. The main and main task in this game is to rearrange the checkers in your house, after which they are removed or "removed" from the playing board.
To determine the priority of the move, the players will need to roll the dice, and which of them will have the largest number, starts the game first.
Backgammon checkers movement
Players have a fixed direction of movement of checkers, but they should always move only in a circle. Before any of the players makes a move, you need to throw the dice (dice with numbered from 1 to 6 sides) onto the board in such a way that they do not fly out of it and do not hook the checkers. Otherwise, the throw will need to be repeated. It is also worth noting that checkers can move not once, but as many as four times in one move, but it is necessary to move the checkers strictly according to the number of points dropped on the dice.
When playing different types of backgammon, checkers can move in different ways, but they must always be moved according to the number dropped on two dice. In this case, the number of points on the dice is not summed up: first, a checker moves along the points of one dice, and then along the other. If there is a double, then the number of steps is doubled.
A double is called the same combination of numbers on both dice.
Play until you win
All moves are compulsory, and the player cannot refuse even a movement that is unfavorable to him. But there are cases when the checkers cannot be moved, in this case the move is skipped. There can be no draws in this game, one of the players must win, the one who was able to move all the checkers on the field from one part to another faster than the opponent, and then remove them from the board. In case of victory, the player receives 1 point or 2 points, when the second player has not yet managed to take out any of his checkers beyond the game board.
If the number of points is compared, then another attempt must be made. If the game continues (the second game), the player who won the last time starts playing.
