Backgammon Rules

device game board, checkers and dice

board for playing backgammon long consists of 24 fields or items that are kind of narrow elongated triangles. Items are grouped under 6; The numbering of items each player's own, in this case the board is shown, as it sees black; Each player has 15 checkers of one color (black and white); Also, there are two gaming dice, backgammon which is traditionally called "Zara".

goal of the game

The goal - to all their pieces in the house and remove them from the board before it makes a second player. Black is a house located on points 1-6, in white - in paragraphs 13-18 (a view from the black).

right the first move

Right the first move is played as follows: the players throw a single die, and who fell more points - and he will go first. During the game while throwing two dice. At the beginning of the game, all 15 pieces are placed on 24 positions - so-called "Head".

By the rules of the game with a head you can take only one piece in one move. This rule has an exception for the first move. If a player who goes first, falls double: 6-6, 4-4 or 3-3 - it has the right to withdraw from head 2 swords. Accordingly, the second player to their first move to take, too, may withdraw the two pieces, if he can not go to one of his sword full speed. While playing checkers move counterclockwise each other.

game on rates, Mars

In the long play backgammon at a certain rate per point won. If a player is unable to remove single checkers before his opponent had already dropped all - then this is called "Mars", and the bet is multiplied by two. Cox, like backgammon, backgammon in the long does not exist.