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About Classic Backgammon

Backgammon is one of the oldest board games still widely played — roughly five thousand years old — and it remains popular because it balances luck and skill unusually well. Dice decide what you can do; you decide what to do with it.

You move fifteen checkers around the board toward your home quadrant, then bear them off. A lone checker can be hit and sent back to the start, so the game is a constant negotiation between racing ahead and staying safe.

How to play Classic Backgammon

Roll

Click the dice

Move

Click a checker, then its destination

Mode

Choose computer or two-player

1. Roll two dice and move checkers that many points each.
2. A point with two or more enemy checkers is blocked; one alone can be hit and sent to the bar.
3. Bring all fifteen checkers into your home quadrant.
4. Bear them all off to win.

Classic Backgammon tips

• Don't leave lone checkers ('blots') where the opponent can hit them.
• Making points — two checkers on a space — blocks your opponent and protects you at once.
• The five-point in your home board is the most valuable point to occupy early.
• When ahead in the race, run; when behind, hold back and wait for a shot.

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