Backgammon


 

Backgammon is a board game for two players. Each player has fifteen pieces (checkers or men) which move between twenty-four triangles (points) according to the roll of two dice. The objective of the game is to be first to bear off, that is, to move all fifteen checkers off the board.

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Introduction
History
Rules
Three Basic Strategies
Sample Game
Backgammon as a Gambling Game
Backgammon in the Middle East and Central Asia
Other variants
Computer Backgammon
See also
External links

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