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Backgammon is a board game for two players in which the playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice. A player wins by removing all of his checkers from the board. There are many variants of backgammon, most of which share common traits. Backgammon is a member of the tables family, one of the oldest classes of board games in the world.
Although luck plays an important role, there is a large scope for strategy. With each roll of the dice a player must choose from numerous options for moving his checkers and anticipate possible counter-moves by the opponent. Players may raise the stakes during the game. There is an established repertory of common tactics and occurrences. Like chess, backgammon has been studied with great interest by computer scientists. Owing to this research, backgammon software has been developed capable of beating world-class human players.
Now, there is a web that available online backgammon. That is broadband connections are what would make online games attractive to the masses. Backgammon software has been developed not only to play and analyze games, but also to facilitate play between humans over the internet.
News flash for all you backgammon players out there who had no idea you could play this game against somebody halfway around the world from the comfort of your own bedroom. Online backgammon is here to stay, and given the popularity of the offline version, it will probably grow bigger than you’d ever think possible.
But what is this game really about? I know that most of you reading this are already seasoned backgammon players, but still there are scores of potential backgammon junkies on the internet who don’t yet know what it’s all about.
The object of the game is to bring all your pieces home first. Naturally, this isn’t all that easy to accomplish as players need to secure certain strategic points along the way and complete secondary objectives in order to move all their pieces home in the most effective way. The most important such point one needs to secure is the opponent’s 5-point. That will provide a foothold for our player in the enemy’s half of the board and it will hinder the opponent in his efforts to take his pieces home.
