Backgammon Rules

Backgammon is a two-player strategy game where each player races to move all 15 of their checkers into their home board and then "bear them off" before the opponent does. The game involves tactics, probability, and positional awareness and contains a lot of skill even though there is dice involved. It is one-clickof the oldest known board games.

Game Setup


Figure 1: Start positions, direction of play (blue arrow) and home quadrant (red rectangle)

Object of the Game

Move all 15 checkers around the board into your home quadrant and bear them off. The first player to bear off all their checkers wins.

Movement

Note: You must use all your dice if possible! That means you cannot make a move with one dice only if there's any way to use other moves that utilize both dice.

Hitting and Entering

Bearing Off

Note: You cannot bear off until all your checkers are in the home quadrant.

Winning the Game

Doubling Cube (Optional)

How To Play DKM Backgammon