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Backgammon

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The dice are luck. The moves are yours.

players
2
per round
~15 min

This game isn't playable yet. We're not promising a date; it starts from this page when it's ready.

Rules and how to play →

Backgammon is played by two people on a board of 24 points with fifteen checkers each. You roll dice, move your checkers toward your home board, and win by bearing them all off first. It looks simple; what separates a strong player is not the roll but choosing correctly among the options the roll opens up.

Known in Turkey as tavla, it's a game almost everyone has played and almost every table plays slightly differently. Making points, entering from the bar, counting a gammon — all familiar, all argued about.

Backgammon is not live on Masabaşı yet. The rules below describe how it will play when it arrives.

Highlights

  • 2 players

    Backgammon is a game for two; there is no three-handed table.

  • 15 checkers

    Each side starts with fifteen checkers in a fixed opening position.

  • Dice and judgement

    The dice offer; the player chooses. Doubles mean four moves, not two.

  • Gammon

    Finish before your opponent bears off a single checker and the game counts double.