Backgammon is played as a series of games, with the winner of each game earning one point. The overall winner is the first to reach a set number of points, say 5. So in this example, the first to win 5 games takes the crown. Alternatively there may be a set time limit or a set number of games as blackjack and the person with the most points at the end wins.
Backgammon is essentially a two player game which is played on a board consisting of 24 points that look like long thin triangles and 30 checkers. The board is usually made up of two sides with a fold in the middle - so there’s 6 points in each quarter of the board, the quarter on your left is your home board. Each player gets 15 checkers of a specific color. The colors sometimes differ from game to game but they are usually either black and red or black and white.
The most popular board game in the world except blackjack - backgammon is perfectly suited to online play. The beauty of online backgammon is that you can either play against other online players or against the computer, which suites beginners perfectly. In an age where children don’t want to seem to play the games their parents did online games like backgammon are helping keep traditions alive.
