Thank you! I bought backgammon for my children for Christmas. We watched many videos on how to play, they were very hard to understand. You made learning backgammon simple! Thank you for taking the time to help everyone!
Whew!! Thank you soooo much!! I have a elderly client whom I care for and he just LOVES backgammon- trying to learn from this gentleman was tough - but after watching your awesome tutorials a couple times I have a much stronger grasp on this cool game!! You truly delivered the best tutorial online, and I went through many really bad tutorials before I found you!! Thanks 😊 again!!!!
A great refresher course - I played this all of the time years ago - and had forgotten how. My partner wants to play something besides computer games. Thank you!
excellent job ty and thank you for explaining the rules i never herd of this game and was given a gift of this game but couldnt understand how to play until i saw your videos now i understand thanks
Also, when you move one checker the whole score of your dice, the spaces you van move have to cut in two, so for example, when you roll 3&5, both the points that make 3 and 5 or 5 and 3 have to be clear. You can't just count 8 points in one.
They have to be okay in either order? Ex. I roll a 5 and 3 and want to move the same checker for total of 8 spaces. If I move it 5 spaces, then 3, I can't because my opponent has a block at 5 spaces. But opponent doesn't have a block at 3 spaces. I can't say I'm moving my checker 3 spaces, then 5?
You are doing a hell of a job explaining this to me. Far out. My buddy taught taught me chess a couple years ago. He can barely beat me now and yesterday he asked if i wanted to BG. I have read the rules. Worse then chess. I am following along right here.
This is some great stuff your giving us! Me and me brother are learning quick and we barely seen a backgammon board and we looked before at other videos and it was just plane junk!!
Correction to your explanation at 3:00 . In international rules the dice can not land on a checker as you've said. But in American competition it is acceptable for a dice to land on a checker as long as it lands flat. In International games you will see that sometimes the checkers will have a groove in them, called a finger dish. This is fine since in international play dice are not allowed to land on a checker. But in American competition where dice are allowed to land on a checker only flat checkers are used.
We were not permitted to use the dice as shown at the 3:00 time mark, as was explained. Both of the dice are to be rolled on your right side of the board, must land flat, must be on the same side of the board, & must not have any dice landing on a checker. Should any of this happens, both dice must be rolled again. When playing with family, the only change we would do was to roll the dice on the side of the board that had the smaller amount pieces so as to avoid having dice landing on pieces.
hello! I would like to thank you for such an amazing tutorial. I always wanted to play this game but never did. So today I found your video and have been watching I don't for how many hours. I hope you don t mind me asking question even if they are obvious to others. I want to make sure that when i buy my board I don't have any doubts> thank you again and again.
I love your tutorial! I’m dying…..”they’ll probably beat the crap outta you” 😂🤣😂. I’m a stickler for following the rules 100% so I get that haha. Thank you so much for this video! VERY detailed. I did watch another video that was very good but the guy went way to fast for me. 👍🏼👍🏼🤗🤩🎲
I come from a country that plays this game for many centuries and a few rules are different for us. First of all we don't use these shakers, we roll with our hands. Also, we have only one set of dice and players take turns with them. And first roll does decide who starts, but we don't make move with that first numbers, the winner of the first roll, picks up the dice and rolls again for the first move. Also, our bords don't have the side part, with place for all the checkers. And we call the game Nard(Persian name).
First of all: congrats for your tutorials!! And now i got a question: when i get doubles and i can only move my cheaps 3 movements of this doubles, i have to move 3 and pass (because i can't move anyother cheap) or i can't move any of 3 movements that i can do?
thank u i went to wikipedia and read it but it made no sense then i went to youtube and i watched expertvillage but the guy was horrible to explain this! so yeah and now i found your tutorials and they actually make alot more sense thanks i actually need this for school project
For the opening roll, if a player's die doesn't land "cleanly" (landed on top of pieces or leaning) only that player re-rolls - you keep what you had "cleanly" rolled. Also, you do not count the Bar while moving your pieces.
At the first casting of the dice, where you decide who's the highesr, both players move the same number on the dice, so in your example it's you 2+1 and oponent also 2+1.
Excellent explanation, but an important note that may not be entirely clear from the video... If you decide to move only one checker, you MUST be able to do so as two separate moves. So if I roll a 2 and a 3 on my dice and I want to use this to move one checker I can't just make it leap 5 spaces. It must be able to move 3 and then 2 spaces, or 2 and then 3 spaces. If there's two or more checkers of my opponent at those spaces in the middle I can't make the move. Each die counts as a separate move.
A small but important point: when you throw the dice, you shouldn't just "put them down on the board" - you're supposed to throw the dice so that they hit the side of the board and 'tumble', basically to avoid any accusations of 'manipulating' the dice.
go to www.gammonvillage.com they sell individual shakers, different colors for dice (just measure the size of your dice before ordering), game boards, pieces, books, etc.
Hi there, I just love your videos on how to play Backgammon. My husband & I have been promising ourselves we would learn for years now and have finally taken the plunge and have found your tutorials to be extremely helpful, However, I do have a question for you. When we were playing Backgammon the other night we were both on the home board (ready for the home run) when I rolled a double six. I used this roll to remove all my checkers off the board but was wondering if this was a valid move or not and if not we would like to know what you would do in this situation if you are possibly able to answer my question. Thanking you in anticipation. Kindest regards, Trish Turner - Australia
So you put those on 21 and 22 to hog him up with his last two pieces not letting him escape that corner with anything less than 3 points or more as you get your chips closer. . This could be a really fun game. I went overboard learning chess. This could be fun.
Suppose at the previous trial the I made a move and then according to 4:40 before putting the dice into the jar can I move it back to the previous stage!! ?
So if I roll a 5 and 4, for a total of 9 spaces, can I move any combination of 9? Say, one check 6 spaces, and another 3? Or are my only options moving one checker 9 spaces, or 5 and 4 (of course, or 4 and 5)? Thanks
you have to move as what the dice show, so, in your example, you would have to use the 5 & 4, but, can be used as 4 & 5 when counting in case you encounter a blocked point
Bucky bro you rock, you helped me alot in my uni days, now coming to my question. i have never ever played backgammon, but now im making an android game and trying to understand the flow of the game, so what im saying is this when you said that you cant place your checker on top of other checker or "you cant land your checker on top of other checker, its invalid move"ok seems fine, my question is that if i roll dice and lets say it comes 5 total so can i place my checker on that point where there are already checkers placed but not full(5),meaning can i adjust my checker there?. i hope you got ,my question? please rep asap. im begging for it yo
I'll answer. You have to treat each die as a separate move, and neither move can land on a blocked point. So if you roll a 2 and 3, your checker cannot land on a blocked point for either the 2 or the 3 move even if it's clear at the total of 5.
I was introduced to backgammon thirty years ago by a good player. He told me that when shaking the dice that,"three shakes are good:five are plenty". Meaning that three is the minimum and more than five was unnecessary and potentially annoying to the other player if done to frequently. Also,the dice need to roll on the surface at least a little. You can't just plop the cup down. That cup has to stay in the air as the dice tumble out. I'm sure you well know this.Demonstrations just aren't easy.
why they use shaker because if you roll dices by hand you can make some tricks like you can hold a number up and in some way you throw it that number will come .
Question : If you rolled 2 and a 3 - can you move one checker 4 and another 1 or you have to move 2 and 3 or 5? That's kinda confusing I hope it makes sense
Oleg Yefremov if you roll and get a 2 and a 3. You can move one checker the total of 5 places or you can choose to move one checker 2 spaces and the other checker of choice you move 3 spaces.
Yes but also see above from another person. You have to treat both die individually. They have to be clear as well, not just the total.@@angelamclamb3445
you can either move one checker 7, or, you can move 2 checkers. For example, you roll a 5 & 2, one checker can go 7, or, you can move a checker 5 and a different checker 2.
just a question. Why my backgammon has a dice that has numbers like 4 ,82,24 and something else I only have three dice Sorry I'm just a begginer but well explained
The dice are to be released from their shaker cups "cleanly" and allowed to roll freely and not as shown in this video where the cup is making contact with the board. If both dice do not land flat, both dice must be re-rolled.
