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Learn backgammon
Learn backgammon, one clear step at a time.
How to play backgammon: your first complete game
Learn the opening roll, legal moves, doubles, hitting, re-entry, bearing off and scoring with a clear first-game walkthrough.
Backgammon setup: checker positions and direction
Set up all 30 checkers correctly, follow White and Black around the board, and catch common mistakes with an original numbered diagram.
Backgammon doubles and legal moves: use the whole roll
Learn how to use both dice, choose the higher die when required and play doubles, with complete-turn examples of blocked moves.
Hitting and entering from the bar in backgammon
See how blots are hit, where to re-enter, when other checkers can move and why hit-and-run is legal in standard backgammon.
Backgammon bearing-off rules, with worked examples
Understand exact and oversized dice, higher occupied points, forced dice use and being hit during bearing off, with four original positions.
Backgammon scoring: singles, gammons and backgammons
Calculate game points with and without the cube, distinguish a gammon from a backgammon, and understand points-match scoring.
The backgammon doubling cube: offers, ownership and points
Understand when to double, what take and drop mean, who can redouble and how the Crawford game changes cube availability.
Play backgammon with friends on iPhone and iPad
Choose same-device play, an iCloud invitation, SharePlay or Game Center, with beta-aware instructions and labelled native app captures.