IanBackgammon
November 30th 2006 23:59
Backgammon is a board game for two players in which pieces are moved according to the roll of dice and the winner is the first to remove all his pieces from the board.
The game is essentially a race, and luck plays a measurable role, but backgammon offers a significant scope for strategy. With each roll of the dice, a player must choose between numerous options for moving the checkers, and plan for possible counter-moves by his opponent. Opportunities for raising the stakes of the game introduce more strategic intricacies.
The objective of backgammon is to move all of one's own checkers past those of one's opponent and then remove them from the board. The pieces are scattered at first and may be blocked or hit by the opponent. Because the playing time for each individual game is short, it is often played in matches, where victory is awarded to the first player to reach a certain number of points. You can view detailed Backgammon rules here.
Backgammon is easy to play once you get into it, however like most board games the rules can sound a bit complicated at first. The best way to learn is to have a go!
In this free online version you can create and join open or private games, or simply play the computer. You can vary the computer difficulty from 1 to 10.
Genre: 2 player board games.
Time to Play: 15 minutes
Difficulty: medium
Available From: NabiscoWorld
Play Backgammon here.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Backgammon.
The game is essentially a race, and luck plays a measurable role, but backgammon offers a significant scope for strategy. With each roll of the dice, a player must choose between numerous options for moving the checkers, and plan for possible counter-moves by his opponent. Opportunities for raising the stakes of the game introduce more strategic intricacies.
The objective of backgammon is to move all of one's own checkers past those of one's opponent and then remove them from the board. The pieces are scattered at first and may be blocked or hit by the opponent. Because the playing time for each individual game is short, it is often played in matches, where victory is awarded to the first player to reach a certain number of points. You can view detailed Backgammon rules here.
Backgammon is easy to play once you get into it, however like most board games the rules can sound a bit complicated at first. The best way to learn is to have a go!
In this free online version you can create and join open or private games, or simply play the computer. You can vary the computer difficulty from 1 to 10.
Genre: 2 player board games.
Time to Play: 15 minutes
Difficulty: medium
Available From: NabiscoWorld
Play Backgammon here.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Backgammon.
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