Guide to Backgammon Board Games

At Jaques we manufacture four beautiful variations of this board game.

At the top end of the range is the 19" Luxury Deluxe Oak Backgammon set

At the top end of the range is the 15" Luxury Mahogany set which features a solid mahogany frame with walnut and sycamore inlaid points. The set also includes regulation playing pieces, two leatherette dicecups, dice set and rulebook. Further down the range a 15" Oak Backgammon set is also offered along with an 11" Travel version of the game.

Playing Backgammon Games

The players move their checkers in opposite directions, where the object of backgammon is to move all your checkers around the board and get them back to your home board. Of course, you must accomplish this before your opponent does. If lady luck is with you, you will roll double fours, meaning each die rolls a four. Then you can move your checkers four times instead of just the regular two times. If you leave one of your checkers defenseless, just one uncovered, your adversary can make your checker go back and stay on the bar.


Popular Backgammon board game Terms

Backgammon - when all of your checkers are in your inner board, but your adversary has none in their home board, plus they also have one of checker stuck on the bar.

Gammon - when all of your checkers are in your inner board, and until now your adversary has none in their checkers in the inner board.

Double - the doubling cube is used to make the game's value higher.

Bar - the middle of the board where the checker is placed when it is hit, the next roll is used to free the checker and continue playing the backgammon game.

Legal Moves in Backgammon

The checkers are moved forward around the board based on the roll on the dice (called pip in backgammon).

You can move your backgammon piece to a vacant spot on the board.

You can move to another spot where more of your checkers are located.

You can hit and knock out one of your opponent's checkers if it is exposed, sending their checker back to the bar. This is the crux of the backgammon game strategy, because if you can move their pieces back, you can advance yours and win.