You cannot move into spaces blocked by your opponent, that is, where there are already 2 or more of his tokens. You can use one die to move one of your tokens, and the other one to move a different or the same token. In each turn you will have to throw 2 dice and you will be able to move some of your tokens, depending on what you have thrown. The first player to clear all tiles wins a game. Your goal is to get all your checkers to the bottom right, which would be your opponent's starting point. Every match is one player against another, with each player starting at an opposite end of the board. The rules of Backgammon are as simple as they are captivating. Play challenging matches against the CPU and select the difficulty level that suits your knowledge, the amount of points for each game and the color of your tokens. Nowadays, you can not only play it on some fancy looking boxes that open in the middle, thus forming the board you play on, but you can also enjoy it for free and online from your computer.

The history of this simple yet brilliant turn-based game goes back nearly 5,000 years. Backgammon is a fascinating strategy board game with dice and tokens, which has been played for thousands of years throughout the world.

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