Main Object of Backgammon
More backgammon Info
Equipment A Backgammon board or layout. Thirty round stones, or checkers, 15 each of two different colors, A Backgammon board or layout. Thirty round stones, pr checkers, 15 each of two different colors, generally referred to as `men'. A pair of regular dice, numbered from 1 to 6. (For convenience, two pairs of dice, one for each player, are generally used.) A dice cup, used to shake and cast the dice. (Again, it is more convenient to have two dice cups.) A doubling cube---A six-faced die, marked with the numerals 2,4,8,16,32 & 64. This is used to keep track of the number of units at stake in each game, as well as to mark the player who last doubled.
How the game start
At the start of the backgammon game, each player rolls one die.
Whoever rolls higher starts his first turn using the numbers on the
already-rolled dice. In case of a tie, the players roll again. The
players alternate turns and roll two dice at the beginning of each
turn after the first.
After rolling the dice a player must, if possible, move checkers the
number of points showing on each die. For example, if he rolls a 6
and a 3, he must move one checker six points forward and another one
three points forward. The dice may be played in either order. The
same checker may be moved twice as long as the two moves are
distinct: six and then three, or three and then six, but not nine
all at once.
Backgammon Software Security
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The doubling cube
To speed up match play and to increase the intensity of play and the need for strategy, a doubling cube is usually used. A doubling cube is a 6 sided die that instead of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on it, has the numbers 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 on it. If a player believes his position to be superior he may, before rolling the dice on his turn, double. The doubling cube is placed with the 2 side face up to show that the game's value has been doubled. His opponent must either accept the challenge or resign the backgammon game on the spot. Thereafter the right to redouble (double again) belongs exclusively to the player who last accepted a double. If this occurs, the cube is placed with the face of the next power of 2 showing.