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BACKGAMMON

247 Backgammon offers the best backgammon game online. Play with an artificially
intellegent opponent or play with a friend with Pass & Play! 247 Backgammon has
games in five difficulites, ranging from easy to expert! You'll be sure to find
a difficulty you feel comfortable playing, whether you are a beginner or
seasoned backgammon player. Options only on 247 Backgammon include doubling
cube, highlights, match points, and chip color! This backgammon site even
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become addicted to the beautiful artwork and perfect puzzle game.

Backgammon is a popular ancient board game. It is played with two players (lucky
you, we have a computer player to enjoy!). The object of backgammon is to move
all your checkers around the board in a clockwise motion and ultimately bear off
the checkers from the board. The first player to remove all their checkers is
the winner.

Alternate turns with your opponent moving checkers toward your home in the upper
right hand quadrant of the backgammon board. Move checkers by rolling the dice.
The numbers on the dice refer to how many spaces you may move with one or more
checkers. Highlights show you where the checkers can possibly move. If you roll
doubles, you get to move each die twice, concluding in four moves for that turn.
You may move your checkers onto any Point so long as it is occupied by your
checkers, is empty, or has 1 opponent checker. You may not move your checkers
onto a Point with two or more opponent checkers. If you land on a Point with one
opponent checker, you knock the opponent's checker off the board and send it
back to the beginning. The opponent must now roll and move into an empty spot in
your home territory to get that checker back into gameplay. They may not move
any other checkers until that knocked off checker is returned. Beware though!
Leaving your checkers open with only one on a point leaves them open to be
knocked off by your opponent as well!

Once you move all your checkers into the upper right quadrant (in the single
player backgammon game), you may start bearing off. This means you can place
your checkers into the slot on the right, removing them from the board. Whoever
manages to do this first wins!

One to three points can be awarded during the backgammon game dependant on where
the loser's checkers are on the board when the winner wins. If the losing player
has not borne off any of their checkers by the time the winner has won, the
winner will achieve 2 points, and is known as losing a gammon. If the losing
player has not borne off any of their checkers and has checkers in the
opponent's home board (lower right quadrant) or are still knocked off, the
winner scores three points, which is known as losing a backgammon. The winner is
awarded one point (most common) if the opponent has started to bear off their
checkers and/or has all of their checkers out of the winner's home territory.

The doubling cube is a fun option for players who are seasoned backgammon
aficionados. Turn this option on or off in the menu at the start of the game. It
is a marker, instead of a die. At any time during gameplay a player may before
his/her turn propose the game be played for twice the current stake (beginning
at 2). The opponent must either accept th doubled stake or resign to defeat
immediately (thus ending the game). The option to redouble belongs exclusively
to the player who accepted the double. Technically, the game can be doubled up
to 64 times the score, but it rarely goes beyond 4. If the "double" is declined,
the doubler wins however many points the doubling cube is showing (1 x doubling
cube). If the game is played, the resulting score will then be multiplied by the
doubling cube number. This little die adds a lot of fun strategy to the game. We
recommend trying it on for size!


BACKGAMMON GAME STRATEGY

 * Fortify your checkers in backgammon by ensuring all remain in stacks of two
   or more at all times.
 * Knock opponent backgammon checkers off as much as possible.
 * Build up your home territory with two checkers + in each spot. This makes it
   more difficult for the opponent to roll to get back into the game after being
   knocked off.
 * Feeling fiesty? Intentionally leave some checkers back to try and knock the
   opponent off the board as they make a run for their home territory!


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