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Backgammon has ancient roots and has spread around the world in various forms. It remains popular today, with players competing in international championships and tournaments. Books and periodicals are devoted to the game, and enthusiasts spend time practicing and studying its strategies. You can also find backgammon, including a Caucasian online variant, at the fungamesclub.com Gaming Club. The club offers more than a dozen games, with Players taking part in the Rankings and having their Skill tracked.

Winning requires both luck and experience, as well as skill. A single roll of the dice can destroy an opponent's winning position or rescue a game that seemed hopeless. Backgammon rules are easy to learn, which can make the game seem simple, but there is much more to it. Studying it in depth reveals a wide range of strategic possibilities.

Backgammon is a board game for two players, played with a board, dice and thirty checkers. Players roll the dice and move their checkers according to the numbers rolled. The aim is to bring all your checkers into your home board and then be the first to bear them all off.

The board consists of four quadrants, each containing six triangles called points. Each player has a home board and an outer board. The home and outer boards are separated by a central divider called the bar.

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Experienced backgammon players look for active moves that improve their own position while making things difficult for their opponent. Many decisions involve trade-offs rather than being entirely right or wrong. A move can have both advantages and disadvantages, since much depends on the dice, and therefore on luck. Even so, skill makes a substantial difference over many games. As the saying goes, "The dice do not forgive a player's mistakes".

Two common backgammon strategies are the racing game and the holding game. Players use many different tactics within these approaches.

Backgammon is engaging and absorbing

To start a game, each player rolls one die. The player with the higher number moves first, using the numbers on both dice. If the numbers are equal, both players roll again.

The rules specify the starting arrangement of the checkers: point 6 - 5 checkers, point 13 - 5, point 8 - 3, point 24 - 2, numbered from each player's perspective. Both beginners and experienced players enjoy online backgammon, using it as an opportunity to practice. The two players move their checkers around the board in opposite directions.

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The basic rules for playing backgammon online:

• In online backgammon, checkers move from higher-numbered points to lower-numbered points, using each player's own point numbering.
• A player cannot move a checker onto a blocked point, meaning a point occupied by 2 or more opposing checkers.
• The number on each die represents a separate move. Both moves can be made with the same checker, provided each move lands on an open point. For example, a roll of 2 and 1 allows a player to move two different checkers, or one checker a total of 3 points through a legal intermediate point.
• Rolling doubles gives the player four moves instead of two. For example, a roll of 5 - 5 allows four moves of five points each.
• A player must use both dice whenever legally possible, even if doing so is disadvantageous. If only one die can be played, it must be used. If either die can be played, but not both, the higher number must be used. With doubles, as many of the four moves as possible must be played.
• A lone checker on a point can be hit by an opposing checker and sent to the bar. This applies whether playing against a computer or another person. Before making any other moves, the player whose checker was hit must re-enter it on an open point in the opponent's home board, using a number rolled on the dice. If no legal entry is available, the player loses the turn.
• Once all of a player's checkers are in their home board, they can begin bearing them off. A die can be used to remove a checker from the corresponding point or to make a legal move within the home board. If there is no checker on the corresponding point, a checker may be removed from the highest occupied lower point only if no checkers remain on higher points.

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You can play backgammon online without leaving home, at any time of day. On our website, you can also play for free. Your opponent can be another player who wants to play at the same time. Backgammon appeals to people who enjoy thinking through their moves and developing strategies.

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