How to Play Backgammon: A Beginner's Guide to Learning the Game, Rules, Board, Pieces, and Strategy to Win at Backgammon

By Chad Bomberger

Learn How to Play Backgammon!

Did you know backgammon is one of the oldest games ever invented – and it’s even older than chess?

In this fascinating guide, you’ll discover the 5,000-year history of backgammon – and how you can enjoy this popular and compelling game. You’ll discover the uniquely geometric backgammon board, how to set up the pieces, and how to make your first moves.

As you increase your mastery of this ancient game, you’ll learn a vast array of game concepts and winning tactics. You’ll discover how to “hit” your opponents’ pieces and remove them from the board – forcing your opponent to start these pieces over from the beginning. You’ll learn how to “bear-off” your own pieces from the board and prepare for a victory. This book even explains how gamblers use a doubling cube (a new twist U.S. players added to the game in the 1920s) to raise the stakes!

Learn the 5 Basic Backgammon Strategies Every Player Should Know:

The Running Game
The Holding Game
The Priming Game
The Backgammon Blitz
The Back Game

You’ll even learn additional rules for backgammon variants – and the pro tips you need to take your game to the next level!

• Language: English
• Publisher: CRB Publishing
• Release date: Nov 3, 2017
• ISBN: 9781641869140

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HOW TO PLAY BACKGAMMON

A Beginner’s Guide to Learning the Game, Rules, Board, Pieces, and Strategy to Win at Backgammon

Chad Bomberger

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: What is Backgammon?

History

How To Play: The board

The setup

Starting and moving

Hitting

Bearing off

The doubling cube

How to win

The 5 Basic Strategies

The Running Game

The Holding game

The Priming game

The Backgammon Blitz

The Back Game

Additional rules: Gammon and Backgammon

Beaver

Raccoon

The Murphy rule

The Jacoby Rule

The Crawford Rule

Variants

Acey-Deucy

One Point Matches

Hyper Backgammon

Tapa

Narde

Fuega

Dice-less Backgammon

Backgammon tips: Doubling

Always have a plan

Leaving a hit

Woolsey’s Law For Doubling

Look At The Alternatives

Bearing off

Offense vs Defence

Respect The Dice

Bearing-off: The Conclusion

How to play Backgammon

A Beginner’s Guide to Learning the Game, Rules, Board, Pieces, and Strategy to Win at Backgammon

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