Backgammon Rules

If backgammon is a race, then the pip count is your stopwatch. I didn’t used to care about pip count.

I once played a game of backgammon in a Turkish teahouse where my opponent didn’t bother using the doubling cube.

I once played a tournament match where my opponent took two full minutes to decide whether or not to split

There’s a certain magic in the bearing-off phase of backgammon. After the brawls, blots, and blockades, you finally see the

Your first move in backgammon is like the opening line of a good story—it doesn’t have to be perfect, but

Most people think backgammon is just a casual board game—something you find on dusty café shelves or play between coffee

Back when I first learned to play backgammon, the doubling cube sat untouched in the middle of the board like

Backgammon’s a beautiful beast—part chance, part chess, part barroom brawl. You can learn the rules in an afternoon, but mastering

There’s a strange kind of satisfaction in setting up a backgammon board just right. I’ve seen it in pubs in