BEST Backgammon tutorial on TH-cam -- in less than 20 minutes my husband and I were playing well and incorporating Bucky's tips and tricks. Nicely done!
Cleaned out a storage room and found my backgammon board ,my dad gave it to me for Christmas as a tween .Hadn't played in over 50 yrs couldn't remember how .thankyou , clear easy to follow it all came back
Hi Lamb Chop, what i didn't see covered was the 3 ways of winning at Backgammon: 1) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent does, and your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" born off, you win 1 point. 2) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does not have Any of their "men" born off, you win 2 points & this is called a "Gammon". 3) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does Not have Any of their "men" born off, And your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" in your home area of the board Or on the bar, you win 3 points & this is called a "Backgammon" (very difficult to achieve this). At home, we usually play "Tournament Style Matches" by keeping a score sheet. Usually, you set a Match to be 3, 5, 7, or 11 points. For example, for a 5 point Match, to win this, you must get 5 points (5 wins) or more - it's not "the best of" 5 games. So, by winning a round with a "Gammon" (worth 2 points) or a "Backgammon" (worth 3 points) you can quickly win the Match.
A unique move when bearing off that wasn't shown, but is important to know, especially, when you're "neck to neck" bearing off against your opponent. At the 2:50 time mark, you have 1 piece on the 6 point & imagine on the 5 point there are No pieces there at all. Your dice roll is 5 & 2: At 1st, with the 5 & 2 dice roll, it appears you can't bear off any of your pieces because you have 1 piece on the 6 Point, none on the 5 Point & none on the 2 Point. But, actually, you can legally bear off the single piece that is on the 6 Point. Keep in mind this move is only permitted when you have just a single piece on a higher point: In Backgammon, you can use your dice in any order, the lower number 1st or the higher number 1st. With the 5 & 2 dice roll, move the piece on the 6 point down to the 4 point with the "2" you had rolled. Now, there are no pieces on your 6 point & there were none on the 5 point. You still have the unused "5" you had rolled. Now, you can bear off the piece that was moved from your 6 point to the 4 point by using the remaining "5" on your dice. I once had a hand held Backgammon Game that had made this bearing off move & I thought it had cheated! I also had a book for Backgammon that had illustrations & I had actually found the above move discussed.
I had the game in my phone for weeks but did not know how to play. Thanks to your tutorial I can play the game now. Your explanation is easy to understand. U R a great teacher!
Just bought one but was not so sure how to play. i simply said i will read the manual and learn from you tube. Precise tutorials now on playing the game. Great work
Hi Laurent, what i didn't see covered was the 3 ways of winning at Backgammon: 1) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent does, and your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" born off, you win 1 point. 2) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does not have Any of their "men" born off, you win 2 points & this is called a "Gammon". 3) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does Not have Any of their "men" born off, And your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" in your home area of the board Or on the bar, you win 3 points & this is called a "Backgammon" (very difficult to achieve this). At home, we usually play "Tournament Style Matches" by keeping a score sheet. Usually, you set a Match to be 3, 5, 7, or 11 points. For example, for a 5 point Match, to win this, you must get 5 points (5 wins) or more - it's not "the best of" 5 games. So, by winning a round with a "Gammon" (worth 2 points) or a "Backgammon" (worth 3 points) you can quickly win the Match.
I believe you should always think of backgammon moves individually; you don't move by the sum of the dice. However, to answer your question simply, you can, if that sum can be played as the separate dice shown.Say for example you have a checker on your six point and no checker on your five point and you roll, 5-1. You could take a checker bear off a checker that was originally on the six, though technically the move would be moving a checker to the five or one point then bearing off
just watched the 4 tutorials of this series. I have never played this game as i never knew how to. Always been a chess man. But your tutorials have inspired me to give this game a go. Its one of them games I have wanted to learn. Your explanations or spot and I looked foward to seeing more in the series. Cheers Bucky
Thank you so very much..Great Tutorial unlike any other tutorial. I followed your advice and WON !! Yeah for me. I totally get the game. Your a great teacher and you made it easy to learn. Give yourself a giant pat on the back you deserve it . I was totally clueless before watching your video and now I love playing it. Blessings to you.
Much needed tutorial. I used to play this game when I was in college, now I'm in my late 50's and don't remember a thing, please forgive me. I purchased a beautiful board recently and of couple of books on backgammon and could not make heads, or tails of what I read ? This is much easier.
Thanks alot bro bucky, after vieweing your tutorials, i can now understand the dynamics of the game and have played with online computer and have beated it twice in easy and medium mode. thanks again
I was interesting about playing Backgammon I have been searching for a long time between TH-cam videos and I can say Your tutorial is the best thanks a lots.
Here's a bearing off move not many know about: at 3:14 imagine there are also no pieces sitting on the 5 point and you roll a 5 - 2. At 1st, it would appear you won't be able to bear off anyone, because, you don't have any pieces on either the 5 point nor the 2 point. But, you can! This is only allowed when there is a single piece sitting on the higher point number (any higher point). You can actually bear of the single piece sitting on the 6 point, because, you can use your dice in any order. So, you would use your 5 -2 roll like this: move your piece on the 6 point with the dice 2 placing him now on the 4 point. Then, you would use your dice 5 to bear off a piece from your 4 point because there aren't any pieces on the higher points 5 & 6. This is good to know, especially, when you're "neck to neck" bearing off against your opponent! I was playing against a computer game & it had made that move and i thought it had cheated. I then checked one of my Backgammon books & found that move, was indeed, legal, because, you can use your dice in any order. Another situation (rule): sometimes, you'll be in a situation where you can't use both of your dice, but, you can move one or the other. You must move the higher number of the dice (even though that may place you in a poor position).
You could have also demonstrated at the 2:50 point how to resolve another roll of 2-1 with the setup you had. You would use the 2 to move the checker on the 3 point to the 1 point and then use the 1die to bear off the checker on the 1 point.
Hi Mindy, what i didn't see covered was the 3 ways of winning at Backgammon: 1) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent does, and your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" born off, you win 1 point. 2) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does not have Any of their "men" born off, you win 2 points & this is called a "Gammon". 3) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does Not have Any of their "men" born off, And your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" in your home area of the board Or on the bar, you win 3 points & this is called a "Backgammon" (very difficult to achieve this). At home, we usually play "Tournament Style Matches" by keeping a score sheet. Usually, you set a Match to be 3, 5, 7, or 11 points. For example, for a 5 point Match, to win this, you must get 5 points (5 wins) or more - it's not "the best of" 5 games. So, by winning a round with a "Gammon" (worth 2 points) or a "Backgammon" (worth 3 points) you can quickly win the Match.
Hi Victoria, your rules sheet may not have covered the 3 ways of winning Backgammon: 1) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent does, and your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" born off, you win 1 point. 2) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does not have Any of their "men" born off, you win 2 points & this is called a "Gammon". 3) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does Not have Any of their "men" born off, And your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" in your home area of the board Or on the bar, you win 3 points & this is called a "Backgammon" (very difficult to achieve this). At home, we usually play "Tournament Style Matches" by keeping a score sheet. Usually, you set a Match to be 3, 5, 7, or 11 points. For example, for a 5 point Match, to win this, you must get 5 points (5 wins) or more - it's not "the best of" 5 games. So, by winning a round with a "Gammon" (worth 2 points) or a "Backgammon" (worth 3 points) you can quickly win the Match.
@hej100 that dice is generally only used in tournaments as it basically offers to the opponent to whoever wins, gets double the score that they would of originally got. Bucky will probably explain this in better detail in his next videos.
There are 3 ways of winning in Backgammon & they each have different win values: 1) If you bear off all of your pieces 1st, and your opponent has at least 1 of his pieces borne off, you win a single point. 2) If you bear off all of your pieces 1st, And, your opponent has none borne off, you win 2 points & this is called a "Gammon". 3) If you bear off all of your pieces 1st, And, your opponent has none borne off, And, your opponent also has one or more of his pieces on the bar Or in your home, you win 3 points & this is called a "Backgammon" (very difficult to achieve). :)
These methods of winning are important when you're playing a tournament style match where you keep score. You agree on "how many points" your match will be: 3 points, 5 points, 7 points, 11 points, etc. The 1st player to reach or surpass the Match Points wins, it's not the "best of". For example, to win a 5 point Match, a player has to have 5 or more "wins to win the match. So, a "Gammon" (2 points win) or a "Backgammon" (3 points win) is a great benefit to add to your match scoring.
wow...after hearing how to actually play this game it sounds kinda easy...i always looked at a backgammon board like it was some kind of weird messed up chess board X'D
Yes and no.It depends on the situation. That would be two moves. Say moving checker from the three to the two point with the one ,and using the 2 to bear the checker off, or using the 2 to move the checker to the one point,then using the one to bear off from the one.Technically, you wouldn't bear off from the three.However, the above is assuming you don't have enemy points on the two and one points. Because both the two and one points are block you wouldn't be able to bear off the checker.
I think Bucky is onto something...extreme Backgammon. Every time you hit your opponent's checker you get to actually hit them. First one to bear off all their checkers or KO their opponent is the winner.
If I understand your setup correctly, I sometimes have troubling picturing backgammon set-up, none. The pieces on your six point are blocked by white's point on your one. So no sixes.Since you have checkers on a larger number namely. the six point you can't bear off from the 4,3, or 2 because to do that you have to have no checkers on higher places. If white didn't have checkers on your one point, it would be a forced move 6/1 (4) That's moving all of your checkers on your six point to your one.
You invert the numbers, what you said was the point n6 was the point n1 etc.. because they are at the end of your side of the board, here you do like it was at the beginning of our board ( on the camera side ). But except that everything is perfect. But still need a little redit on the video maybe hehe
When you have a full triangle of 5 checkers is it OK to place more on top? When you are on the bar in the middle are you only allowed to rescue one checker at a time per shake?
tnx :) now i finally understand the concept of the game. but what if: - you are about to remove the checkers - checkers are at: 1,2,5,6 - you throw a 3 and a 4 with the dices. Do you remove the checkers from point 2 or move checkers from point 5 and 6?
I think that you forgot to mention that when you bear off all of your checkers, and your opponent hasnt even started bearing off (hasnt taken out any chips out of the board) you win by double. And that rule applies on any variant of backgammon.
Hello. The tutorial is great! I have been playing all my life but is only now I want to get a serious set. I live in madrid Spain and, believe it or not, it is not so easy to find a decent set. I have made research on the internet and found many brands but nothing Convincing enough. The one i am looking is like yours. A briefcase with leather or some kind of fabrik on the board, a nice checkers with weight. Everything I have found so far are the synthetic small boards sold in amazon that are made of plastic. Or the tournament wooden boards. I am planning to expend some money in order to have a good quality, long lasting set, but no 400-500$ set. Any ideas to get me started? Thank you so much.
So what if you get a 3 but you don't have any in that point, but you do have some in 4 en 2. Can you take it from the 2 or do you have to move the one on the 4?
So you don't have to have the exact number die to point to get off the board. If I had a checker on a 5 and another checker on a 4 and I roll a 6 and a 5, I could take those two off the board, correct?
Two questions. First: if I punch off a czecker of.my oponent and he rolls say a 3, but on point 3 there is one of my checkers. Do I get punched off now or does a point have ro be completely free to get the stone back on the board? If getting back on a point with a single checker knoks him off, lest say I have punched off my oponent and he sits on the bar, and before he gets back in I get all my checkers in the home base and start beaeing them off. Obviously all points in my home base are ocupied, but as I bare them off, eventually one or more points will have one or no checkers on it. Now if the oponent gets his stone back in the game but at the same time strickes me off, what then? I was in the middle of bearing off and suddenly one of my checkera is on the oposite side of the board (if I get it of the bar) help 😀
Isn't there a rule about bearing off where you have to use the full value of the die if you can? For example, if I have 2 checkers on my 6 point, and 4 checkers on my 4 point and my opponent owns my 2 point, and roll a 6-4, I can't bear off 2 checkers from my 4 point - I have to bear off 1 from my 6 point for the 6 die, and since I can't move my other checker from the 6 point (because my opponent owns my 2 point), I have to leave that 6 point checker vulnerable. Nice series of tutorials (and yes, still being viewed 12 yrs later :-) )....
This is assuming your opponent does not have points on the five AND one.In such a case, you couldn't take a piece off from the six because you can't move to five or one to bear off from there. I hope that was easy to understand.
Question: Say, you have a piece that is 3 moves/jumps from an opponent blockade, and you roll double 3s. Can that piece move 6 to jump right past the blockade, or is it required to move 3 then 3 again, making the move invalid?
Do I HAVE to bear off when I can or can I also move a higher coin? for example: I roll a 5 and could bear off a coin on the 5 point. But ive got a coin on the 6 point, too. Can I move the 6 Coin or do I have to bear off the 5?
BEST Backgammon tutorial on TH-cam -- in less than 20 minutes my husband and I were playing well and incorporating Bucky's tips and tricks. Nicely done!
Cleaned out a storage room and found my backgammon board ,my dad gave it to me for Christmas as a tween .Hadn't played in over 50 yrs couldn't remember how .thankyou , clear easy to follow it all came back
Trying to relearn Backgammon after decades of not playing...your tutorials are by far the best at explaining the "how to's"! Thank You!
Hi Lamb Chop, what i didn't see covered was the 3 ways of winning at Backgammon:
1) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent does, and your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" born off, you win 1 point.
2) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does not have Any of their "men" born off, you win 2 points & this is called a "Gammon".
3) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does Not have Any of their "men" born off, And your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" in your home area of the board Or on the bar, you win 3 points & this is called a "Backgammon" (very difficult to achieve this).
At home, we usually play "Tournament Style Matches" by keeping a score sheet. Usually, you set a Match to be 3, 5, 7, or 11 points. For example, for a 5 point Match, to win this, you must get 5 points (5 wins) or more - it's not "the best of" 5 games. So, by winning a round with a "Gammon" (worth 2 points) or a "Backgammon" (worth 3 points) you can quickly win the Match.
Watched 5 other tutorials and read the instructions 3 times. These videos are by far that best I’ve seen.
This is 11yrs old but the best tutorial I’ve seen…thank u 🙌🏽
A unique move when bearing off that wasn't shown, but is important to know, especially, when you're "neck to neck" bearing off against your opponent. At the 2:50 time mark, you have 1 piece on the 6 point & imagine on the 5 point there are No pieces there at all. Your dice roll is 5 & 2:
At 1st, with the 5 & 2 dice roll, it appears you can't bear off any of your pieces because you have 1 piece on the 6 Point, none on the 5 Point & none on the 2 Point. But, actually, you can legally bear off the single piece that is on the 6 Point.
Keep in mind this move is only permitted when you have just a single piece on a higher point:
In Backgammon, you can use your dice in any order, the lower number 1st or the higher number 1st. With the 5 & 2 dice roll, move the piece on the 6 point down to the 4 point with the "2" you had rolled.
Now, there are no pieces on your 6 point & there were none on the 5 point. You still have the unused "5" you had rolled. Now, you can bear off the piece that was moved from your 6 point to the 4 point by using the remaining "5" on your dice.
I once had a hand held Backgammon Game that had made this bearing off move & I thought it had cheated! I also had a book for Backgammon that had illustrations & I had actually found the above move discussed.
Best Backgammon tutorial, haven’t played in 25 years and within minutes of this I was back to my old ways! Thanks
I had the game in my phone for weeks but did not know how to play. Thanks to your tutorial I can play the game now. Your explanation is easy to understand. U R a great teacher!
I love this tutorial, it's still the best I've seen so far! I'm trying to teach my grand children how to play.
You are right, Bucky. All of the other tutorials are not helpful. Yours was the only one that taught us. We subscribed.
Thanks for this tutorial. My girlfriend just bought this game for me!! Watched all these ! You're the man!
Just bought one but was not so sure how to play. i simply said i will read the manual and learn from you tube. Precise tutorials now on playing the game. Great work
Hi Laurent, what i didn't see covered was the 3 ways of winning at Backgammon:
1) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent does, and your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" born off, you win 1 point.
2) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does not have Any of their "men" born off, you win 2 points & this is called a "Gammon".
3) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does Not have Any of their "men" born off, And your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" in your home area of the board Or on the bar, you win 3 points & this is called a "Backgammon" (very difficult to achieve this).
At home, we usually play "Tournament Style Matches" by keeping a score sheet. Usually, you set a Match to be 3, 5, 7, or 11 points. For example, for a 5 point Match, to win this, you must get 5 points (5 wins) or more - it's not "the best of" 5 games. So, by winning a round with a "Gammon" (worth 2 points) or a "Backgammon" (worth 3 points) you can quickly win the Match.
Loved your tutorials. Really crisp and covers all the aspects of the game very well. Thank you
Thanks to your tutorials, I'm playing and teaching others.
I believe you should always think of backgammon moves individually; you don't move by the sum of the dice. However, to answer your question simply, you can, if that sum can be played as the separate dice shown.Say for example you have a checker on your six point and no checker on your five point and you roll, 5-1. You could take a checker bear off a checker that was originally on the six, though technically the move would be moving a checker to the five or one point then bearing off
Just started the game. Great tutorial thanks.
just watched the 4 tutorials of this series. I have never played this game as i never knew how to. Always been a chess man. But your tutorials have inspired me to give this game a go. Its one of them games I have wanted to learn. Your explanations or spot and I looked foward to seeing more in the series. Cheers Bucky
Yep. Best backgammon tutorial. Thanks. I saw some that were not even setting up the board correctly and very much complicating the game!
Thank you! I played backgammon years ago and couldn’t remember anything. This was perfect!
Thank you so very much..Great Tutorial unlike any other tutorial. I followed your advice and WON !! Yeah for me. I totally get the game. Your a great teacher and you made it easy to learn. Give yourself a giant pat on the back you deserve it . I was totally clueless before watching your video and now I love playing it. Blessings to you.
A fine tutorial. At last, I can begin to understand the great game of Backgammon from a great teacher. Thank you!
Omg omg omg I wanted to learn this game for years! And now I accidentally learned it thanks you to man, HIGH FIVE :D
Much needed tutorial. I used to play this game when I was in college, now I'm in my late 50's and don't remember a thing, please forgive me. I purchased a beautiful board recently and of couple of books on backgammon and could not make heads, or tails of what I read ? This is much easier.
Thanks alot bro bucky, after vieweing your tutorials, i can now understand the dynamics of the game and have played with online computer and have beated it twice in easy and medium mode. thanks again
I was interesting about playing Backgammon I have been searching for a long time between TH-cam videos and I can say Your tutorial is the best thanks a lots.
This has to be one of the best channels on youtube
"Donkey punching them". Gets me every time lol
This guy's videos are amazing! They make learning Backgammon easy!
Great tutorials! My son and I learned how to play with your videos. Thank you!
Here's a bearing off move not many know about: at 3:14 imagine there are also no pieces sitting on the 5 point and you roll a 5 - 2. At 1st, it would appear you won't be able to bear off anyone, because, you don't have any pieces on either the 5 point nor the 2 point. But, you can! This is only allowed when there is a single piece sitting on the higher point number (any higher point). You can actually bear of the single piece sitting on the 6 point, because, you can use your dice in any order.
So, you would use your 5 -2 roll like this: move your piece on the 6 point with the dice 2 placing him now on the 4 point. Then, you would use your dice 5 to bear off a piece from your 4 point because there aren't any pieces on the higher points 5 & 6.
This is good to know, especially, when you're "neck to neck" bearing off against your opponent! I was playing against a computer game & it had made that move and i thought it had cheated. I then checked one of my Backgammon books & found that move, was indeed, legal, because, you can use your dice in any order.
Another situation (rule): sometimes, you'll be in a situation where you can't use both of your dice, but, you can move one or the other. You must move the higher number of the dice (even though that may place you in a poor position).
You could have also demonstrated at the 2:50 point how to resolve another roll of 2-1 with the setup you had. You would use the 2 to move the checker on the 3 point to the 1 point and then use the 1die to bear off the checker on the 1 point.
Thanks so much. I use to play when I was younger and had forgotton how to. You have explained it so that it is quite easy to learn THANKS!
Thank you so so much for explaining this!! Bearing off is the only thing I didn't understand 100% :-)
i love these tutorials. He was able to explain things with great clarity.
Best navigation tutorial. Thanks for helping me remember how to play xx
This was the best video I have found! Thank you. You really break it down nicely and understandable.
Hi Mindy, what i didn't see covered was the 3 ways of winning at Backgammon:
1) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent does, and your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" born off, you win 1 point.
2) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does not have Any of their "men" born off, you win 2 points & this is called a "Gammon".
3) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does Not have Any of their "men" born off, And your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" in your home area of the board Or on the bar, you win 3 points & this is called a "Backgammon" (very difficult to achieve this).
At home, we usually play "Tournament Style Matches" by keeping a score sheet. Usually, you set a Match to be 3, 5, 7, or 11 points. For example, for a 5 point Match, to win this, you must get 5 points (5 wins) or more - it's not "the best of" 5 games. So, by winning a round with a "Gammon" (worth 2 points) or a "Backgammon" (worth 3 points) you can quickly win the Match.
Great Explanation. Best we've seen so far
The best Backgammon tutorial!!
Finally I have an explanation on bearing off! Thank you
Thank you so much for this tutorial. We got a set and then didn’t know how to play as the rules made no sense at all!
Hi Victoria, your rules sheet may not have covered the 3 ways of winning Backgammon:
1) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent does, and your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" born off, you win 1 point.
2) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does not have Any of their "men" born off, you win 2 points & this is called a "Gammon".
3) If you get all of your "men" born off before your opponent, And your opponent does Not have Any of their "men" born off, And your opponent has at least 1 of their "men" in your home area of the board Or on the bar, you win 3 points & this is called a "Backgammon" (very difficult to achieve this).
At home, we usually play "Tournament Style Matches" by keeping a score sheet. Usually, you set a Match to be 3, 5, 7, or 11 points. For example, for a 5 point Match, to win this, you must get 5 points (5 wins) or more - it's not "the best of" 5 games. So, by winning a round with a "Gammon" (worth 2 points) or a "Backgammon" (worth 3 points) you can quickly win the Match.
Great introduction.Will complete your series and review instructions.Thanks
Thank you so much! I bought a new game board and thanks for your instructions, I can play with my boy!
@hej100 that dice is generally only used in tournaments as it basically offers to the opponent to whoever wins, gets double the score that they would of originally got. Bucky will probably explain this in better detail in his next videos.
There are 3 ways of winning in Backgammon & they each have different win values:
1) If you bear off all of your pieces 1st, and your opponent has at least 1 of his pieces borne off, you win a single point.
2) If you bear off all of your pieces 1st, And, your opponent has none borne off, you win 2 points & this is called a "Gammon".
3) If you bear off all of your pieces 1st, And, your opponent has none borne off, And, your opponent also has one or more of his pieces on the bar Or in your home, you win 3 points & this is called a "Backgammon" (very difficult to achieve). :)
These methods of winning are important when you're playing a tournament style match where you keep score. You agree on "how many points" your match will be: 3 points, 5 points, 7 points, 11 points, etc. The 1st player to reach or surpass the Match Points wins, it's not the "best of". For example, to win a 5 point Match, a player has to have 5 or more "wins to win the match. So, a "Gammon" (2 points win) or a "Backgammon" (3 points win) is a great benefit to add to your match scoring.
I never understood why my dad and Grandpa use to fight while playing this 😝 now I understand. Rip grandpa. Thank you for the lesson.
wow...after hearing how to actually play this game it sounds kinda easy...i always looked at a backgammon board like it was some kind of weird messed up chess board X'D
Thanks boston you are just full of surprised :) I thought you just did computer tutorials but this looks like a great game I gunna play some today
@kaichan yep
Great tutorials, very precise. I think I'll buy this game... big fan of chess and checkers.
My mom and I used to play this when I was a kid. I'm going to have to learn again so I can beat her
Excellent tutorial...you’re right that many others on youtube are terrible!
Thanks for teaching so clearly and the whole tutorial is great
Thank you so much you really teach this game perfectly. I was so confused before.
Great explanation! Thank you so much! Watched them all!
Thank you so much, this is the best tutorial for sure
Yes and no.It depends on the situation. That would be two moves. Say moving checker from the three to the two point with the one ,and using the 2 to bear the checker off, or using the 2 to move the checker to the one point,then using the one to bear off from the one.Technically, you wouldn't bear off from the three.However, the above is assuming you don't have enemy points on the two and one points. Because both the two and one points are block you wouldn't be able to bear off the checker.
Good beginner's backgammon tutorial.
Great video. How do I get the series to my iPod classic? Break it down as if I'm in the 3rd grade. Thanks.
Thank you for making this simple.
This whole tutorial was great. But I still have troubles at understanding this bearing off part. :(
Get all coins to the first point. That way no matter what you roll. You bear off.
When bearing off, can you use the sum of the die or only the die numbers individually? Thank you.
I think Bucky is onto something...extreme Backgammon. Every time you hit your opponent's checker you get to actually hit them. First one to bear off all their checkers or KO their opponent is the winner.
As always, very helpful 😊
great tutorials :) mate thanks for sharing really appreciate it as i've been wanting to get back into board games
If I understand your setup correctly, I sometimes have troubling picturing backgammon set-up, none. The pieces on your six point are blocked by white's point on your one. So no sixes.Since you have checkers on a larger number namely. the six point you can't bear off from the 4,3, or 2 because to do that you have to have no checkers on higher places. If white didn't have checkers on your one point, it would be a forced move 6/1 (4) That's moving all of your checkers on your six point to your one.
You invert the numbers, what you said was the point n6 was the point n1 etc.. because they are at the end of your side of the board, here you do like it was at the beginning of our board ( on the camera side ). But except that everything is perfect. But still need a little redit on the video maybe hehe
When you have a full triangle of 5 checkers is it OK to place more on top? When you are on the bar in the middle are you only allowed to rescue one checker at a time per shake?
In theory can a piece move around the board multiple times? Or can it not ever go past your home quadrant, so you can end up missing a go? Thanks!
tnx :)
now i finally understand the concept of the game.
but what if:
- you are about to remove the checkers
- checkers are at: 1,2,5,6
- you throw a 3 and a 4 with the dices.
Do you remove the checkers from point 2 or move checkers from point 5 and 6?
can I start with all my checkers in my home board? it be much easier and faster to end and win
I think that you forgot to mention that when you bear off all of your checkers, and your opponent hasnt even started bearing off (hasnt taken out any chips out of the board) you win by double. And that rule applies on any variant of backgammon.
Hello. The tutorial is great! I have been playing all my life but is only now I want to get a serious set. I live in madrid Spain and, believe it or not, it is not so easy to find a decent set. I have made research on the internet and found many brands but nothing Convincing enough. The one i am looking is like yours. A briefcase with leather or some kind of fabrik on the board, a nice checkers with weight. Everything I have found so far are the synthetic small boards sold in amazon that are made of plastic. Or the tournament wooden boards. I am planning to expend some money in order to have a good quality, long lasting set, but no 400-500$ set. Any ideas to get me started? Thank you so much.
this is good exercise for c++ and other programming language
thanks for the tutorials they have been helful to me
So what if you get a 3 but you don't have any in that point, but you do have some in 4 en 2. Can you take it from the 2 or do you have to move the one on the 4?
What happens when you bear off and you get a double ?
thank you so much for this series
Very good tutorial. Thanks for posting.
You are so clear thank you,, I saved this
So you don't have to have the exact number die to point to get off the board. If I had a checker on a 5 and another checker on a 4 and I roll a 6 and a 5, I could take those two off the board, correct?
What’s the purpose of the dice with the numbers on the left side of the board ? (Well it would be on your right side) It goes up to 64.
Two questions. First: if I punch off a czecker of.my oponent and he rolls say a 3, but on point 3 there is one of my checkers. Do I get punched off now or does a point have ro be completely free to get the stone back on the board? If getting back on a point with a single checker knoks him off, lest say I have punched off my oponent and he sits on the bar, and before he gets back in I get all my checkers in the home base and start beaeing them off. Obviously all points in my home base are ocupied, but as I bare them off, eventually one or more points will have one or no checkers on it. Now if the oponent gets his stone back in the game but at the same time strickes me off, what then? I was in the middle of bearing off and suddenly one of my checkera is on the oposite side of the board (if I get it of the bar) help 😀
Beautiful explanation
just downloaded a backgammon app, just to see if these tutorials helped :D
in 2:20 there was better line i mean i just learned this game thx your vids, and i think that could be in home 1 chip. :) Thx for that lesson! Cyu.
The pieces on 6 point... Do I have to move the pieces since they are already in the home quadrant? Or...🤷
Isn't there a rule about bearing off where you have to use the full value of the die if you can? For example, if I have 2 checkers on my 6 point, and 4 checkers on my 4 point and my opponent owns my 2 point, and roll a 6-4, I can't bear off 2 checkers from my 4 point - I have to bear off 1 from my 6 point for the 6 die, and since I can't move my other checker from the 6 point (because my opponent owns my 2 point), I have to leave that 6 point checker vulnerable. Nice series of tutorials (and yes, still being viewed 12 yrs later :-) )....
If I roll a 3 and only have pieces in the 2 I would move the piece from the 2 right
This is assuming your opponent does not have points on the five AND one.In such a case, you couldn't take a piece off from the six because you can't move to five or one to bear off from there. I hope that was easy to understand.
2:03 Surely, you meant to say that it has to be the same or _lower,_ *not higher!* (Unless I've misunderstood you.)
BTW, how large is that board? I'm thinking of buying one, and I see they come in many sizes.
Can you start bearing off when there are checkers of you opponent in your home board? Thnx for the tuts!
yes you can
If you roll a double when your bearing of just take from the same point?
What I’d you rolled a 1 and 3. Could you roll off a piece on 6 still?
Question: Say, you have a piece that is 3 moves/jumps from an opponent blockade, and you roll double 3s. Can that piece move 6 to jump right past the blockade, or is it required to move 3 then 3 again, making the move invalid?
if you have time, perhaps release some go tutorials too? :3
I've just won my first backgammon game!
What an interesting game. Seems like there is too much random chance for my taste, though.
Do I HAVE to bear off when I can or can I also move a higher coin? for example: I roll a 5 and could bear off a coin on the 5 point. But ive got a coin on the 6 point, too. Can I move the 6 Coin or do I have to bear off the 5?
Hi, yes you do not have to bear off but it's better to bear off anytime that you can do so.
can i bear off 4 checkers if i got doubles?