Backgammon set

The backgammon game in the bungalow is handmade in Kyrgyzstan. Please enjoy it carefully and return all pieces after playing.

Open correct backgammon rules

Backgammon is played by two players with 15 checkers each. Each player moves in the opposite direction around the board, brings all checkers into the home board, and then bears them off.

Standard starting position, one player perspective

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1. SetupEach player starts with 2 checkers on the 24-point, 5 on the 13-point, 3 on the 8-point and 5 on the 6-point. The opponent has the mirrored setup.

2. DirectionYou move your checkers from the opponent home board toward your own home board. The two players move in opposite directions.

3. Rolling and movingRoll two dice. You may move one checker for each die, or one checker in two separate steps. Each die value must land on an open point.

4. Open pointsYou may land on an empty point, a point with your own checkers, or a point with exactly one opposing checker. You may not land on a point with two or more opposing checkers.

Open
empty, yours, or one opponent

Blocked
two or more opponent checkers

Blot
one checker alone can be hit

Point
two or more checkers are safe

5. HittingIf you land on a single opposing checker, it is hit and placed on the bar. That checker must re-enter before the opponent can move any other checker.

6. Re-entering from the barA checker on the bar re-enters into the opponent home board using the dice roll. If no rolled point is open, that part of the turn is lost.

7. DoublesIf both dice show the same number, you play that number four times if legal moves are available.

8. Bearing offOnly when all 15 checkers are in your home board may you bear off. Use the dice to remove checkers from matching points; higher rolls may remove from the highest occupied lower point if no checker is on the rolled point.

Winning: The first player to bear off all 15 checkers wins. A gammon or backgammon can count extra in match play, but for casual holiday play one win is usually enough.

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