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- HOW TO PLAY BACKGAMMON DELUXE
-
- There are many variations of the game of backgammon,
- Backgammon Deluxe is one variation. While classical
- backgammon starts with each player throwing one die
- to determine who goes first, Backgammon Deluxe allows
- the human player to start the game by clicking on
- either die.
-
- Each player then throws, or clicks on a die in turn.
- A player moves his pieces according to the number on
- the dice, starting with the number on the left die
- then that of the right die.
-
- A player may move one piece the whole of their turn,
- or move seperate pieces. If a player throws a double,
- meaning the same number on both die, then they move
- the number shown on one die four times. The player
- has the option of moving one piece, or seperate
- pieces.
-
- The human player's pieces move in a counter-clockwise
- direction, and the computer's pieces move in a
- clockwise direction.
-
- A board position is considered blocked if two or
- more opposing pieces are sitting at that position.
- For example, if you wish to move one position over
- and your opponent has two pieces at that position,
- an error message will be displayed letting you
- know that the move is an illegal move.
-
- You can however, move to a position in which your
- opponent has only one piece. This move sends your
- opponent to the center 'Bar'. On their next move,
- a player with a piece on the bar must use one of
- the die to re-enter the game starting at the first
- postion on the opposing side. If the player can
- not re-enter the piece on the bar, then they must
- pass.
-
- The ultimate goal of backgammon is to remove all
- of your playing pieces from the board. You can
- not remove pieces until all of your playing
- pieces are in your inner table (the bottom right
- conner). You remove pieces by moving the amount
- on the die roll greater than the number of board
- positions remaining. For exmaple, if a die shows
- three and you click on a piece with only two board
- postions remaining, that piece will be removed
- from the board and placed in the reserve area.
-
- The first player to remove all of their board
- pieces wins the game. Enjoy.