Backgammon
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The best game in America!
How to Play
All points on the online backgammon board are notated by numbers. A player's outermost point is the twenty-four point, which is also her (or his) opponent's one point.
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 online game.
To start the game, each player rolls a single die. This determines both the player to go first and the numbers to be played.
If equal numbers come up during the roll, then both players roll again until they roll different numbers.
The side that throws the higher number moves first according to the number displayed on both dice. After the first roll for the online game, the players throw two dice and alternate turns.
The roll of the dice indicates how many points in the online game, or pips, a player can move her stones. Stones are always moved forward, to a lower-numbered point.
The following rules do apply:
During the online game, a stone can only be moved to an open point (one not occupied by two or more opposing stones).
The numbers on the two dice constitute separate moves. For example, if a player rolls five and three, he may move one stone five spaces to an open point on the online game board, and another stone three spaces to an open point, or he may move the one stone a total of eight spaces to an open point on the board, but only if the intermediate point (either three or five spaces from the starting point) is also open.
A player who rolls doubles, plays the numbers shown on the dice twice. A roll of 6 and 6 means that the online player has four sixes to use, and she may move any combination of the stones she feels appropriate to complete this requirement of the game.
An online player must use both numbers of a roll if legally possible (and all four numbers of a double). When only one number can be played, the online player must play that number. If either number can be played during the game, but not both, a player must play the larger one. When either number can't be used during the course of the game, a player loses his turn. In the case of doubles that are rolled, when all four numbers can't be played, a player must play as many numbers as she possibly can.
The mouse is the sole input device for Backgammon. Click on the stone you would like to move followed by the space you wish to move it too.
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 online game.
To start the game, each player rolls a single die. This determines both the player to go first and the numbers to be played.
If equal numbers come up during the roll, then both players roll again until they roll different numbers.
The side that throws the higher number moves first according to the number displayed on both dice. After the first roll for the online game, the players throw two dice and alternate turns.
The roll of the dice indicates how many points in the online game, or pips, a player can move her stones. Stones are always moved forward, to a lower-numbered point.
The following rules do apply:
During the online game, a stone can only be moved to an open point (one not occupied by two or more opposing stones).
The numbers on the two dice constitute separate moves. For example, if a player rolls five and three, he may move one stone five spaces to an open point on the online game board, and another stone three spaces to an open point, or he may move the one stone a total of eight spaces to an open point on the board, but only if the intermediate point (either three or five spaces from the starting point) is also open.
A player who rolls doubles, plays the numbers shown on the dice twice. A roll of 6 and 6 means that the online player has four sixes to use, and she may move any combination of the stones she feels appropriate to complete this requirement of the game.
An online player must use both numbers of a roll if legally possible (and all four numbers of a double). When only one number can be played, the online player must play that number. If either number can be played during the game, but not both, a player must play the larger one. When either number can't be used during the course of the game, a player loses his turn. In the case of doubles that are rolled, when all four numbers can't be played, a player must play as many numbers as she possibly can.
The mouse is the sole input device for Backgammon. Click on the stone you would like to move followed by the space you wish to move it too.
