Backgammon Starting Positions

Backgammon For Dummies

Knowing the starting positions in backgammon is very important. Before you start playing the game in earnest, be sure to lay out your board like this.

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Chris Bray has been playing backgammon for over 30 years, and started writing a weekly backgammon column for The Independent newspaper in 1994. A regular fixture on the London backgammon scene, he also takes part in tournaments around the world, and regularly gives seminars on backgammon and sports psychology.