What are the game rules? How do you win? Imagine you are walking the streets of Istanbul, weaving in and out of the shopping bazaars. The din of people chatting and bartering all around you, but then, just underneath the noise of this lively city, you hear the click of dice and the quick slide of checkers being moved across beautifully handcrafted Tavla boards.

The sight is thrilling in the speed at which it is being played. Players throw the dice in quick succession and slide the checkers across the boards in a blur.

There is barely enough time for the other player to see the dice before they are picked up and thrown again. You can also divide the spaces among different checkers.

Bear off your checkers first to win the game. Once a player has all of the checkers in his or her home board, then he can begin to "remove" them from the game.

This is called "bearing the checkers off the board. If you don't roll the number of the points the checkers are on, you can move them closer to the 1-point, but you still have to roll a 1 to get them off the board completely.

Method 2 Quiz In order to stop your opponent from landing on a given point, you must have at least how many checkers on that point?

One Almost! Two Yup! Three Not quite! Method 3 of Play a game of Nackgammon. To play this variation of the game, each player will place 2 checkers on his point, 2 checkers on his point, 4 checkers on his point, 3 checkers on his 8-point, and 4 checkers on his 6-point.

You can think of this as setting up a traditional game of backgammon, except that you "borrow" one checker from your point and another from your 6-point.

Other than the positioning, the rules are the same as they are for regular backgammon. Set up a game of hyper-backgammon.

To set up the board for this game, each player only needs 3 checkers total. Each player should place one checker on his point, point, and point.

After that, you're ready to play this exciting and fast-paced version of backgammon. Other than the number and position of the checkers, the regular rules of backgammon apply.

Play a game of long-gammon. For this game, each player places all of his 15 checkers on his point. Other than this unique difference, all other rules of backgammon apply.

Since you are placing all of your checkers at the furthermost point from your home board, expect this version to take a bit longer than regular backgammon.

Consider a game of Dutch backgammon. The setup for this version of the game is easiest of all! The game begins with all of the checkers off of the board, so you don't have to do a thing.

Though the end game is the same -- bearing off your checkers from your home board, the game starts when you have to roll the dice to "enter" your checkers into your opponent's home board.

In this version, you cannot hit your opponent's blots until you have at least one of your own checkers in your home board.

Method 3 Quiz What variation of backgammon uses the fewest number of checkers? Nackgammon Not exactly! Hyper-backgammon Absolutely! Dutch backgammon Almost!

This game is for two players and has been enjoyed by people around the world for over 5, years. Backgammon setup and play style is very different among other board games.

To win at backgammon, you have to move all of your backgammon checkers into your own home board and then bear them off.

Lay the game board lengthwise between both players and assign each player a color, either red or white. For each player, the 12 closest points are numbered 1 to 12 from right to left, and the farther points are numbered 13 to 24 from left to right.

Bearing off occurs once the player has moved all their backgammon pieces into their home board. The pieces are beared off depending the dice number rolled.

If a backgammon piece cannot be beared another piece must be used to make a legal move. Backgammon is a game of stakes, A player can change the stakes of the game before their turned at any point during the game.

A player will propose to double the stakes if they feel they are at an advantage of winning the game. They fit pretty snugly without any additional adhesive but I added just a few drops of wood glue in the center to keep them from wiggling.

I don't have a good image for this but it's up to you how much time to spend and what finish you want exactly. I used teak oil since that was the material for the main board.

Be careful when you sand and finish the points - this is the most likely time that they may break off and you'll have to try to reattach them.

Wow, those are really beautiful. I wanted to make one long ago, but couldn't figure out how to cut the points perfectly. The answer, of course, would have been to wait until cheap laser cutters were available!

Nice job. Reply 6 years ago on Introduction. They really are getting inexpensive, either to buy yourself or to have access to. Techshop has Epilog laser cutters that were really precise with the points and the inlays for them.

The American rules were popular with the military going back to the first World War. Once a checker is you may use subsequent rolls to move those checkers forward, to enter more checkers, or both.

Click here for the rest of the Acey Deucey rules. Hypergammon is a newer version of backgammon game play that has been created to enable rapid play games.

The only difference between the standard and hyper play is the number of checkers and their starting positions. To play hyper gammon set up your board like this:.

LongGammon is basically the exact opposite of hypergammon. The rules are the same as standard backgammon play, the only difference is the original setup of the checkers.

Backgammon is a game for two players, played on a board consisting of twenty- four narrow triangles called points. The triangles alternate in color and are.

Modern chess gradually developed from this game, as it was introduced to the western world via the Greeks. Calcutta Auction A lottery of entrants in a backgammon schematron.