Backgammon is played by two players. Each player has fifteen checkers and a pair of dice. The game is played on a special board consisting of 24 triangles called points.
The main goal of the game is to move your checkers to your house and remove them from the board. The first player to reach the goal wins the game.
The principle of backgammon is to move the checkers around the board according to the dropped numbers on the dice. To play backgammon, you need to master some of the rules and nuances of the game.
1. First of the game, each player puts his checkers in the starting position, then each one rolls one die. Whoever gets the highest number goes first. If the players have knocked out the same numbers, each one rolls another die.
2. From the second move, both players throw two dice in turn, and move the checkers according to the dropped numbers. If the same numbers fall out, this is a double. In this case, the player can make four moves.
3. Players move checkers in the opposite direction, according to the established rules.
- the number that fell on the dice shows how many points you can rearrange your checkers,
- checkers move only forward,
- players use both numbers on the dice and all 4 double numbers, if possible.
Checkers can be moved to a certain point only if:
- if the point is not occupied by other checkers,
- if the point is occupied by the player's own checkers,
- if there is already one partner checker (blot) at the required point.
4. You can beat the opponent's checker if you have moved your checker to the place of the opponent's checkers. The checker, beaten by the partner, is placed on the bar, then moves around the board again when it leaves the bar.
5. Until the player removes all the checkers from the bar into play, he cannot play backgammon - make moves. The exit from the bar is made by entering a checker on an unoccupied point of the opponent's house or on a point on which one of the partner's checkers stands.
6. When a player puts all fifteen of his checkers into the house, he can remove his checkers from the board, in accordance with the established rules.
Checkers are removed by the following methods:
- the player removes a checker from the point according to the number dropped on the dice,
- if there is no checker at this point, he can rearrange the checker to a greater value than the one dropped on the dice,
- the player may not remove his checker if there is an alternative.
7. If a checker was removed from the board, it will no longer be returned to the game. The game ends when one of the players removes all of his 15 checkers from the board - he becomes the winner.
