Backgammon game for two players. Although you can play in two
teams, but the rules are still the same for both cases.This game
is played on a board, which consists on 24 alternated-in-color triangles
(points). The board is divided in 4 quadrants, with 6 triangles
(or points) into each one. Those quadrants are called "player's
home board and outer board" and "opponent's home board
and outer board" (see picture bellow). The home boards are
separated from the outer boards by the "bar”.
There are 15 checkers, of his own color, for each player. At the
beginning of the game, they can place 2 checkers on their 24point
(points are numbered starting on the player’s home board so
the 24point is the outermost), 5 on their 13point, 3 on their 8point
and 5 on their 6point.
Backgammon’s object is to move all of the player’s
checkers into his own home board and then bear those checkers off,
before the other player does.
To bear off the checkers is when the player has all of his checkers
placed into his own home board and he rolls a number that corresponds
to the point where a checker resides, and then removes (bares off)
a checker from that point. Therefore, if the player hits a 6 he
removes a checker from the 6point. If there is no checker on the
point he ‘rolled’, the player has to make a compulsory
move using a checker on a higher-numbered point. However, if there
is no checker on it, he can remove a checker from the highest point
on which he has a checker placed.
The times you have to move the checkers is determined by the exact
number rolled. If you roll the same number in both dice, quadruple
the times you have to move your checker.
The player cannot move one of his checkers to a point where there
are already 2 or more checkers of the opponent. However, if he moves
his checker to a point where there is just one checker of the opponent,
that opponent’s checker goes to the “bar”. Players
are not allowed to move any checker while one of their own is on
the bar, they have to wait they turn to reenter it to their home
board. |
