Backgammon is one of the oldest games in existence, dating back some 5000 years. It is a game of luck (roll of the dice) and mostly skill (moving your checkers). Backgammon is played by two people with 15 checkers each on a board consisting of 24 spaces or points. The checkers are moved according to rolls of the dice. Each player tries to bring his own checkers home and bear them off before his opponent does, hitting and blocking the enemy checkers along the way. Basically Backgammon is an obstacle race between two armies of 15 men each, moving around a track divided into 24 dagger-like divisions known as points.
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