Backgammon Classic

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• Roll & Move: Each turn you roll two dice, then move your checkers that many points — click or tap a checker to play it. You can split the two numbers between two different checkers or play both with one.
• Double: Hold cube rights on your turn and a Double ×N button appears beside Roll — click it before rolling to offer the double. If your opponent doubles you, choose Take to play on for raised stakes (the cube becomes yours) or Drop to concede at its current value.
• Reset Turn: Changed your mind mid-turn? Reset Turn puts your checkers back where they started this turn, so you can play the same roll a different way before passing the dice.
• Resign & Rematch: Use Resign to concede a lost position, then start a fresh match with Play Again from the results screen.
• Move List: The move list records the whole game as it's played, so you can review exactly how a win (or loss) was built.
• Settings: Toggle music, dice and checker sounds, and visual effects (particles and animations) any time from Settings.

Special Rules

• Doubles: Roll the same number on both dice and you play that number four times — double fives means four separate five-point moves. A well-timed double can swing a race in a single turn.
• Hitting & the Bar: A point holding a single checker is a blot. Land on an enemy blot and it's hit — sent to the bar — and its owner must re-enter it in your home board before making any other move.
• Blocked Points: Two or more of your checkers on a point own it, and enemy checkers can't land there. Owning several points in a row builds a prime — a wall that can trap your opponent's checkers completely.
• Bearing Off: Once all fifteen of your checkers reach your home board, your rolls start bearing them off. The first player to bear off every checker wins the game.
• The Doubling Cube: The cube sits on the bar showing 64 until someone uses it — while centered, either player may make the first double, always before rolling. Take a double and the cube is yours: only you may redouble, and stakes can climb as high as 64. The same side never doubles twice in a row.
• Gammons & Backgammons: Bear off all fifteen checkers before your opponent bears off any and it's a gammon — worth double the cube. If they also still have a checker on the bar or in your home board, it's a backgammon — worth triple.

Winning Strategies

• Make Points, Build Primes: Safety and strength come from stacking checkers in pairs. Every point you own is a wall — own four to six in a row in front of an enemy checker and it may never get home.
• Don't Leave Blots: A lone checker is an invitation. Before ending a turn, count the enemy rolls that could hit each blot you leave — the fewer shots you offer, the fewer disasters you suffer.
• Race or Hold: Watch the pip count on screen. Ahead in the race? Break contact and run for home. Behind? Keep an anchor in your opponent's home board and play for a late hit.
• Respect the Dice: You can't control the dice, only your exposure to them. Good backgammon is played in probabilities — make the play that wins against the most rolls, and the luck evens out.
• Use the Cube Wisely: Double when you're clearly ahead but your opponent still has a fair chance to take; too far ahead, and playing on for the gammon is worth more than the double. When doubled, take if you'd still win about one game in four — dropping every close cube is its own losing habit.