How to play Backgammon

To start the game, each player rolls one dice, and the player that has the higher number
will be the first player to move according to the dies. The players then alternate turns,
rolling two dice at the beginning of each turn. Both dice must land on the game board.

After rolling the 2 dices a player move his checkers according to the number of number
shown on each dice. For example, if the player rolls a 5 and a 4 (notated as "5-4"),
that player must move one checker five points forward, and another or the same checker four points forward.
The same checker may be moved twice as long as the two number on the dices, for example: five and then four.
If a player rolls two of the same number, called doubles, than the player must play each play twice.
For example: upon rolling a 6-6 that player may move up to four separate checkers forward six spaces each.
For any roll, if a player can move both dice, than the player is compelled to do so.
If a player cannot move either die in a roll, given the position of his checkers then
that turn is over and the turn passes to the opponent.



If it is possible to move either die, but not both, the higher number must be played.
For example if a player rolls 6-3 and can only move a 6 or a 3, the 6 being the bigger
number must be moved; if it is possible to move the 3 but not the 6 then the 3 is played.

In short, the rules force a player to exhaust every option available to complete both die moves where possible.

In the course of a move, a checker may land on any point that is unoccupied or is occupied
only by a player's own checkers. In this case, the blot has been hit, and is placed in the
middle of the board on the bar that divides the two sides of the playing surface.
A checker may never land on a point occupied by two or more opposing checkers;
thus, no point is ever occupied by checkers from both players simultaneously.

When all of a player's checkers are in that player's home board, that player may start removing them;
this is called bearing off. A roll of 1 may be used to bear off a checker from the 1-point, a 2 from the 2-point, and so on.
A die may not be used to bear off checkers from a lower-numbered point unless there are no checkers on any higher points.

The winner is the player with no checkers left on the board. Dont forget Backgammon is one of many skill games.