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🎲Backgammon for beginners

Learn to set up, play, and win games of backgammon with confidence

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What backgammon actually is

The board and the four quadrants

The starting position

Which way you move

Rolling and using both dice

Doubles give you four moves

Bearing off, the finish line

Making a point

Hitting and the bar

Entering from the bar

The 5-point and the bar point

Blots and reading risk

The prime, a wall they cannot pass

Pip counting

Types of game

The doubling cube

Take or drop: the 25 percent rule

Match play, money play, and the Crawford rule

Common opening rolls

Common beginner mistakes

A practice routine

Where to go next

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