Backgammon Game Setup
The game of Backgammon is meant for two players and it is played on aboard which consists of 24 triangles called "Points". The narrowtriangles are grouped into 6 triangles in each quadrant of the board.There are 4 quadrants on the board, 2 on each side and the trianglesalternate in color (to help with the counting of the moves). Thequadrants are referred to as a player's home board (the quadrant thatis on your right) and outer board (the quadrant that is on your left),and the opponent's home board and outer board. The home and outerboards are separated from each other by the seam of the board whichgoes down the center of the board called the bar.
Each of the points (the narrow triangles) are numbered for each player starting in thatplayer's home board. The point starting from the right corner of thehome board is the one point and the point directly opposite to the onepoint is the twenty-four point, which is also the opponent's one point.Each player has fifteen men of his own color. The starting position ofthe men is as follows: two on each player's twenty-four point, five oneach player's thirteen point, three on each player's eight point, andfive on each player's six point.
Backgammon Game Setup : Online Backgammon
