Finally, if you can only play one number, but not both, then you must play the higher one. Sometimes this means having to make a move you don’t like so that both numbers can be played. Additionally, you must play both numbers of a roll if possible. For example, if you roll 5-5 and can only play three of your four 5’s, that is what you must do. If you can’t play all of your numbers, you must play as many as you can. No, you must play your roll in its, entirety, if there is any legal way to do so. If I don’t like the dice roll, can I skip my turn? The ideal prime is a 6-prime which creates an impassable barrier to your opponent’s checkers. A series of points, side by side, is known as a prime. That point is now secure and your opponent may not land on the point as long as two or more of your checkers remain. To make or secure a point you need to move two or more checkers together onto the same point.
This was known as Old English backgammon, but these are not standard rules. There was a version of backgammon popular in England which allowed no more than five checkers on a point. It is perfectly legal to stack all fifteen of your checkers on a single point, although it won’t help flexible play. You can place as many checkers as you wish on a single point. Can you have more than five checkers on a point? At the start of play, your two back checkers begin on the opponent’s ace-point. The screenshot above shows the ace-point for the black checkers labelled with the number 1. The ace-point is another name for the 1-point, the last point the checkers can occupy before bearing them off. Both players bear off to the right, you at the lower-right, your opponent at the upper-right. The brown checkers move in the opposite direction. The screenshot below shows the setup when you are playing white and your checkers move counter-clockwise around the board. A doubling cube for keeping track of the stakes of the game. Ideally, it is better to have two dice cups.ĥ. Ideally, for convenience, two pairs of dice (one pair for each player).Ĥ. Thirty checkers in two different colours, fifteen of the same colour for each player.ģ. They nearly always remember the game from their youth and ask questions to refresh their memory. We usually play in local cafes or pubs, invariably, someone will stop by and watch a game and comment. In this Deluxe Backgammon post, we list the ten most common questions we are asked about the rules of play.
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