I sat through 45 minutes of this to give y'all the recap: ♦ The board is always set up as it's shown at the start of this video. ♦ The object is to get all your pieces off the board, in the end slot. For red that's the slot next to point 1, for black it's the slot next to point 24. (Red moves clockwise, black moves counterclockwise.) You can't put any pieces in the end slot until all 15 of your color are in the last quadrant (the last 6 points before the slot). ♦ On your turn (except the first turn -- we'll get to this), roll your two dice. Each die is the number of moves allowed for one piece. You can use the same piece for the moves of both dice, as long as both moves are legal (we'll get to this too). So if you roll a 6 and a 5, you can move one piece 6 and a different piece 5, or you can use one piece for both moves, totaling 11. Doubles are special: you get double the movement. So if you roll two 6s, you actually get four moves of 6 instead of just two. ♦ The first turn is slightly different: each player rolls one die. Whoever rolls the higher number goes first, but they must use that combined roll as their turn. So if black rolls 6 and red rolls 2, black goes first, but he must use the 6 and 2 as his first moves. ♦ If your opponent has at least two pieces stacked on one point, you may not land on that point. This is where movement gets a bit tricky: rolling two 5s is not the same as "rolling 10" -- you may not move one piece all 10 spaces unless it lands safely with the first 5. If you roll different numbers, say 7 and 3, and you wish to move one piece 10 spaces, you have the option of the first move being 7 or 3, whichever allows for safe movement. ♦ If you land on a point where the opponent has only one piece, that one piece is "captured" and placed on the middle bar. If you have a piece on the bar, you cannot move any other piece until it's off. To get it off the bar, you use one of the dice from your roll on your turn to place it back at the beginning. If you use a 1, it goes on the very first point (farthest from the end), a 2 is the next point, etc. You can use the other die like normal. If your roll doesn't allow you to move the piece off the bar to a legal spot, you lose your turn. ♦ When you get all 15 pieces in the last quadrant, you can start taking them off the board. To take a piece off, you must move it the exact number it requires to get in the slot. So if you have a piece on the very last point, only a roll of 1 will allow you to take that piece off. There is one BIG exception to this, and it's a bit tricky too: if your roll is bigger than any of the spaces your pieces have to cover, you may use that roll for your farthest piece. For example, if you roll a 6, but your farthest piece is only 5 spaces away, you can use the 6 to deposit that farthest piece, but not any of the closer ones. (If your farthest piece is 4 spaces away, it will also score with a roll of 6 or 5, etc.) ♦ Deposit all your pieces first to win. Hope having it written out helps someone out there.
Thanks a bunch! The only thing I had an issue with was that you said roll a 7 and 3 and I got so confused at how you managed to roll a 7 with a 6 sided die, lolll
Finally found someone that can communicate, how refreshing. Very good explanation. I knew nothing and now understand the game, some of the other videos are a lesson on how to get confused.
I had trouble understanding this game at first but after a few practice games against the computer i figured it out. I have been missing out on playing this beautiful game all my life, I am 41 and finally decided to learn how to play this game last week. I have already had many amazing games with people online back and forth games and all. I really wish I had playing this long ago instead of just ignoring it on the inside of my chess/checkers boards all these years.
I don’t know why, but you are the ONLY one I can understand! Haven’t played since college, tried other how-to videos. Thought I’d lost my mind, then I found you and it all came back!! THANK YOU!
Great video; excellent explanation. Was my grandfather's favorite passtime. I used to play it with him but forgot over the years how...now that I will be a grandfather soon I want to pass this on! Thanks!!!
My brother wanted to teach me and my two young children. I was lost almost immediately. Both of my children understood and they and my brother had good games. I'm still lost. LOL But thank you again.
Hi, the game can be setup both ways but usually the board is setup so that your "home" & when you are bearing off your pieces are placed at the bottom right of the board where you are sitting.
This has been a fantastic learning experience. It was well thought out and made it very simple for myself and my children to learn and play. Thank you for making a great family game night!! Now if I could only win against my kids. I'm looking forward to watching the next tutorials.
thanks for the lesson, i did forget how to play...i had not play in years....but..i was getting confuse of you using black & white. when the cubes are black and brown
Excellent videos (I've watched 3 so far). Very informative and easy to follow. Many thanks for this, you've taken the mystery our of backgammon for me! :)
Backgammon isn't a bad game, though I think it gets really technical if you want to really get into it, such as the moves, the scoring, like advanced chess players. And I hate anything to do with pip counting or the doubling cube. I have the idea that the game from the first move to the last could be viewed as simply one big bearing off game.
I'm just learning and it seems board set up is never the same. The online game apps all have it set up differently. Not a big deal I guess, but I'd like to learn the correct way if there is one (?)
the game board is set up the same. it really just depends on what side you are sitting on, as it one way has you plating clockwise, and the other is counter clockwise. i tell beginners to ask their opponent to allow it to be set up in a way that's easiest for the beginner.
It's disappointing that the video cuts off just before explaining how a piece is removed from the bar. Great content and very thorough explanation otherwise!
you must be a teacher ...excellent tutorial....did i say excellent tutorial ..sorry i meant EXCELLENT TUTORIAL..i could listen to you allll day ...you sir are fantastic...im a chess player looking to get into this game...you earned a sub...looking forward to looking at all your vids on this...god bless you...
Damn I was talking to my grandma talking about my dead grandpa nd cause he use to gamble alllottt I asked her randomly that did papuu ever play dice.. Nd she doesn't speak that much English nd I was describing the game Craps or trying to nd she said he use to play a game at bars nd caffé shops around here yeeaaaars ago, in Chicago. Nd I showed her the thumbnails nd she said this game . but she said in Greek that it was called Tavli . or something ..buut I remember when I was young that we had this game at my house ..
Universal Films that is the game!. it is a great game. very fun to play i have many vidoes on how to play on my site and more coming soon. thanks for watching.
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very easy specially on yahoo games B/G games with their "random" rolls anyone will win some n the best players will lose to some "AMAZING LUCKY ROLLS" A RANDOM ROLL SIDE must charge a playing fee that way crappy players will not be needed to make up the numbers for their advertising clients who pay accordingt the number of people playing on the side
You didn't tell us how to take the chip off the bar, and you didn't tell us how to get the chip home. After watching this long winded video I still don't know enough to play the game.
Bit of advice, Cut time in the video by NOT counting how far each piece can go. If they cannot understand how to count where the pieces can go the first or second time, they shouldn't be watching this.
sorry but tis is not easy for me or children, how can you state one minutes a piece cant move a 5 but when you talk about doubles you say a piece can move 5 then 5 then 5 then 5 again if you want. it cant move 5 if it lands on a point with 2 counters on, so you are confusing. its either 4 x 5 or 20 moves or 10 moves which is it. must be a better teacher out here.
You have to think of each die separately. If while moving your piece, the fifth point lands you on a point occupied by your opponent with two or more pieces. You're thinking of it in terms of moving the total sum of ten/or twenty, but that's not how it works in Backgammon. I'm using the two 5s as the example. I think if you watched that part again you might have an "aha" moment.
+TeamRocket Grunt Slowing down is one thing. Not properly structuring and editing your video is another. He began to drone on about the set up which could've been explained concisely and thoroughly if he had written a basic script and mapped out the video from start to finish. Also the use of demonstration, text, and better music would've made it much better.
THIS GAME IS SO CONFUSING. AND EACH TUTORIAL VID HAS DIFFERENT RULES. LIKE WTF! SO DUMB. I'M GOING NOW TO MY BACKYARD TO BURY BACKGAMMON.. DEEP.. FOREVER
terrible vid .. if youre going to teach you need to make certain that you know your presentation before you do it .. you sound like you get lost a lot .. this was very disorganized and hence unhelpful but thank you for trying
I sat through 45 minutes of this to give y'all the recap:
♦ The board is always set up as it's shown at the start of this video.
♦ The object is to get all your pieces off the board, in the end slot. For red that's the slot next to point 1, for black it's the slot next to point 24. (Red moves clockwise, black moves counterclockwise.) You can't put any pieces in the end slot until all 15 of your color are in the last quadrant (the last 6 points before the slot).
♦ On your turn (except the first turn -- we'll get to this), roll your two dice. Each die is the number of moves allowed for one piece. You can use the same piece for the moves of both dice, as long as both moves are legal (we'll get to this too). So if you roll a 6 and a 5, you can move one piece 6 and a different piece 5, or you can use one piece for both moves, totaling 11. Doubles are special: you get double the movement. So if you roll two 6s, you actually get four moves of 6 instead of just two.
♦ The first turn is slightly different: each player rolls one die. Whoever rolls the higher number goes first, but they must use that combined roll as their turn. So if black rolls 6 and red rolls 2, black goes first, but he must use the 6 and 2 as his first moves.
♦ If your opponent has at least two pieces stacked on one point, you may not land on that point. This is where movement gets a bit tricky: rolling two 5s is not the same as "rolling 10" -- you may not move one piece all 10 spaces unless it lands safely with the first 5. If you roll different numbers, say 7 and 3, and you wish to move one piece 10 spaces, you have the option of the first move being 7 or 3, whichever allows for safe movement.
♦ If you land on a point where the opponent has only one piece, that one piece is "captured" and placed on the middle bar. If you have a piece on the bar, you cannot move any other piece until it's off. To get it off the bar, you use one of the dice from your roll on your turn to place it back at the beginning. If you use a 1, it goes on the very first point (farthest from the end), a 2 is the next point, etc. You can use the other die like normal. If your roll doesn't allow you to move the piece off the bar to a legal spot, you lose your turn.
♦ When you get all 15 pieces in the last quadrant, you can start taking them off the board. To take a piece off, you must move it the exact number it requires to get in the slot. So if you have a piece on the very last point, only a roll of 1 will allow you to take that piece off. There is one BIG exception to this, and it's a bit tricky too: if your roll is bigger than any of the spaces your pieces have to cover, you may use that roll for your farthest piece. For example, if you roll a 6, but your farthest piece is only 5 spaces away, you can use the 6 to deposit that farthest piece, but not any of the closer ones. (If your farthest piece is 4 spaces away, it will also score with a roll of 6 or 5, etc.)
♦ Deposit all your pieces first to win.
Hope having it written out helps someone out there.
math . Uhhhh
Thanks a bunch! The only thing I had an issue with was that you said roll a 7 and 3 and I got so confused at how you managed to roll a 7 with a 6 sided die, lolll
math
Watched 3 "how to play backgammon" vids; still had lots of questions. Read this; all is perfectly clear. Thank you for this effort.
best summary I ever read
I am no spring chicken but have decided to learn the game. You explain very clearly and concisely at a nice pace. Thank you.
Finally found someone that can communicate, how refreshing. Very good explanation. I knew nothing and now understand the game, some of the other videos are a lesson on how to get confused.
I like how you teach. I don't feel uneasy or feel dumb. It's so clear. Thnx a lot
I had trouble understanding this game at first but after a few practice games against the computer i figured it out. I have been missing out on playing this beautiful game all my life, I am 41 and finally decided to learn how to play this game last week. I have already had many amazing games with people online back and forth games and all. I really wish I had playing this long ago instead of just ignoring it on the inside of my chess/checkers boards all these years.
A thorough explanation of backgammon, it was very helpful! His voice is very pleasant to hear.
I don’t know why, but you are the ONLY one I can understand! Haven’t played since college, tried other how-to videos. Thought I’d lost my mind, then I found you and it all came back!! THANK YOU!
your tutorial was THE BEST one that I found. I haven't played for over 10 years and this got me right back into the game - Good job
Nice
Great video; excellent explanation. Was my grandfather's favorite passtime. I used to play it with him but forgot over the years how...now that I will be a grandfather soon I want to pass this on! Thanks!!!
This is a clear, simple tutorial for beginners. Thank you.
+King of Hearts thanks for watching
this long video is actually effective and simple to understand than 5min videos which skip the part about explaning the dices and points
your way of learning is awesome ....... I understand every little detail u give me ..... thanku
Very easy to follow. I like the time you take to explain things in this video.
My brother wanted to teach me and my two young children. I was lost almost immediately. Both of my children understood and they and my brother had good games. I'm still lost. LOL But thank you again.
You are the only person I could understand
Why is the initial set up backward compare to the apps I been playing? Is this the official setup?
Hi, the game can be setup both ways but usually the board is setup so that your "home" & when you are bearing off your pieces are placed at the bottom right of the board where you are sitting.
*Video:* "As you can see there are whites"
*Video:* Points to brown checkers
*Me:* "Oh fuck, this is more complicated than I thought"
Thank you very much! I bought a board at a garage sale and I needed help.
Man i hope more people get into this, seems like such a great game! Plus the luck element makes it so much more appealing than chess.
I like your explanations; much more simple to understand than some of the other videos online.
This has been a fantastic learning experience. It was well thought out and made it very simple for myself and my children to learn and play. Thank you for making a great family game night!! Now if I could only win against my kids. I'm looking forward to watching the next tutorials.
Wonderful ! Could follow every instruction! Such a lucid tutorial- Thank you!
The best Backgammon tutorial. Such great video deserves more views.
Would be appreciated if you would mention that the board you are using is from the Absolute Backgammon App at best@t and in the Apple App Store
how do you take a piece off the bar?
Thank you for the thorough explanation. This is what I needed.
Thank you for breaking this up very slowly and simple!! Can't wait to get to lesson two!
+La Loba V me tooo
thanks for the lesson, i did forget how to play...i had not play in years....but..i was getting confuse of you using black & white. when the cubes are black and brown
EXCELLENT TUTORIAL
Great tutorial, I've never played the game, but always been mystified by it. Now I can perhaps buy the game and continue learning.
Excellent videos (I've watched 3 so far). Very informative and easy to follow. Many thanks for this, you've taken the mystery our of backgammon for me! :)
Thank You, that's I ve been waiting for a GREAT MASTER to teach like Yourself.
Backgammon isn't a bad game, though I think it gets really technical if you want to really get into it, such as the moves, the scoring, like advanced chess players. And I hate anything to do with pip counting or the doubling cube. I have the idea that the game from the first move to the last could be viewed as simply one big bearing off game.
Are you going to make a video on the Bearing Off process?
Best step by step explanation! Thank you!
Dobrá hudba, jinak vím úplný howno
Thanks for showing us how to play
g o o d demonstration of the game.....
☺
You teach great to young people.
That looks SOOOOOO FUN
Backgammon is easy to understand. I dont see why people dont understand how to play.
Backgammon at GameColony com looks so much better!
Soo..what happen when the chip was barred??
On-screen Illustration arrow is a bit small / indistinct and fast-moving to follow all the time, which spoils the tutorial slightly.
I'm just learning and it seems board set up is never the same. The online game apps all have it set up differently. Not a big deal I guess, but I'd like to learn the correct way if there is one (?)
the game board is set up the same. it really just depends on what side you are sitting on, as it one way has you plating clockwise, and the other is counter clockwise. i tell beginners to ask their opponent to allow it to be set up in a way that's easiest for the beginner.
Love a bit of backgammon I do!
You are the best teacher.
thanks alot 🐬
Thanks for this
Nice job, well done :)
Excellent video, great educator.
Joe Allen Barniak thank you, and thanks for watching
It's disappointing that the video cuts off just before explaining how a piece is removed from the bar. Great content and very thorough explanation otherwise!
nice tutorial , thanx
You counted the 2 on your first roll as two dice and split it , so if you roll a 6 a 3 you move 6 of them one time and 3 of them one time then ?
Jay Valentine nope, you move one 6 times and one 3 times
you must be a teacher ...excellent tutorial....did i say excellent tutorial ..sorry i meant EXCELLENT TUTORIAL..i could listen to you allll day ...you sir are fantastic...im a chess player looking to get into this game...you earned a sub...looking forward to looking at all your vids on this...god bless you...
Black and white ? There the same color ?????
#backgammon #howtoplay #howtoplaybackgammon
Really helpful thanks :)
Ok.......back to playing Hungry Hungry Hippos
What if the chip goes in bar?
lost brought me here
same
русский гордость Yup XD
русский гордость eyyy!
4 8 15 16 23 42
The back of the checkers board brought me here.
how do you get of the bar
????
Orlando Melvin when a spot opens up at your starter point you just roll and get it off the bar
White? I see red.
+chuckm1961 you are a color blind fuck
thank you
Not super easy but at least better than the last video I watched
tyvm ::))
Ohhhh I can't get it
Sooooo useful
WTF?! in 13th minute? change of colours?!
Cool
That white looks awfully red to me.
why are the red parts called "whites"? why not "reds"?
colors are whites and blacks as default but some tables are a little bit colorful you could say
great thx
i already know this game it is so easy
Just because we're beginners doesn't mean you gotta talk to use like were illiterate
From something rotten; Don’t be so literal!
Damn I was talking to my grandma talking about my dead grandpa nd cause he use to gamble alllottt I asked her randomly that did papuu ever play dice.. Nd she doesn't speak that much English nd I was describing the game Craps or trying to nd she said he use to play a game at bars nd caffé shops around here yeeaaaars ago, in Chicago. Nd I showed her the thumbnails nd she said this game . but she said in Greek that it was called Tavli . or something ..buut I remember when I was young that we had this game at my house ..
Universal Films that is the game!. it is a great game. very fun to play i have many vidoes on how to play on my site and more coming soon. thanks for watching.
This is not how you set up a board😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
If it's a joke I don't get it. Please, can someone explain it for me?
it is one of the ways to set up the board
He's playing backwards...
Perfect
The board setup looks all wrong to me.
GREAT EDUCATOR.
Backgammon games and tournaments every day at www.gamecolony.com/backgammon/game.html
God that was a painfully convoluted explaination.
The board looks like a plastic lunch tray.
Really helpful
10 mins later and I still have no clue wut u are trying to say
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very easy specially on yahoo games B/G games with their "random" rolls anyone will win some n the best players will lose to some "AMAZING LUCKY ROLLS" A RANDOM ROLL SIDE must charge a playing fee that way crappy players will not be needed to make up the numbers for their advertising clients who pay accordingt the number of people playing on the side
omg so repetative but I understood It well lol
You didn't tell us how to take the chip off the bar, and you didn't tell us how to get the chip home. After watching this long winded video I still don't know enough to play the game.
from riley egan-venables
Bit of advice, Cut time in the video by NOT counting how far each piece can go. If they cannot understand how to count where the pieces can go the first or second time, they shouldn't be watching this.
Lol
sorry but tis is not easy for me or children, how can you state one minutes a piece cant move a 5 but when you talk about doubles you say a piece can move 5 then 5 then 5 then 5 again if you want. it cant move 5 if it lands on a point with 2 counters on, so you are confusing. its either 4 x 5 or 20 moves or 10 moves which is it. must be a better teacher out here.
You have to think of each die separately. If while moving your piece, the fifth point lands you on a point occupied by your opponent with two or more pieces. You're thinking of it in terms of moving the total sum of ten/or twenty, but that's not how it works in Backgammon. I'm using the two 5s as the example. I think if you watched that part again you might have an "aha" moment.
W
That should be bestbackgammon.com
"Super Easy" "17 minute video"
Yeaaaaaah....no.
Blu3W4r10Ck sorry my explanation didn't work for you, but it really is a fun game.
+TeamRocket Grunt
Slowing down is one thing. Not properly structuring and editing your video is another. He began to drone on about the set up which could've been explained concisely and thoroughly if he had written a basic script and mapped out the video from start to finish. Also the use of demonstration, text, and better music would've made it much better.
Then tendo switch odyssey
Blu3W4r10Ck vv
You already lost me at the black and white part, they are both and not black and not white 😂
I understand
Please translate in hindi
Super repetitive
points at orange checkers "these are whites".
for fuck's sake.
THIS GAME IS SO CONFUSING. AND EACH TUTORIAL VID HAS DIFFERENT RULES. LIKE WTF! SO DUMB. I'M GOING NOW TO MY BACKYARD TO BURY BACKGAMMON.. DEEP.. FOREVER
terrible vid .. if youre going to teach you need to make certain that you know your presentation before you do it .. you sound like you get lost a lot .. this was very disorganized and hence unhelpful but thank you for trying