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The object of the game is for each player to
bring all his checkers into his home board, and then to bear them off the
board. The first player to clear all his checkers off the board is the
winner.The object of the game is to be the first to get
all your checkers off the board.
Backgammon is a game for two players, played on a board consisting of
twenty-four narrow triangles called points. The triangles alternate in
color and are grouped into four quadrants of six triangles each. The
quadrants are referred to as a player's home board and outer board, and
the opponent's home board and outer board. The home and outer boards are
separated from each other by a ridge down the center of the board called
the bar.
How to play the complex and challenging game of Backgammon
Figure 1. A board with the checkers in their initial position.
An alternate arrangement is the reverse of the one shown here, with the
home board on the left and the outer board on the right.
The points are numbered for either player starting in that player's home
board. The outermost point is the twenty-four point, which is also the
opponent's one point. Each player has fifteen checkers of his own color.
The initial arrangement of checkers is: two on each player's twenty-four
point, five on each player's thirteen point, three on each player's eight
point, and five on each player's six point.
Both players have their own pair of dice and a dice cup used for shaking.
A doubling cube, with the numerals 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 on its faces,
is used to keep track of the current stake of the game.
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