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Articles & Books From Chris Bray
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-01-2022
Backgammon is an exciting, tactical game. This Cheat Sheet gives you some of the essential info you’ll need on your way to becoming a master backgammon player.Backgammon starting positionsKnowing 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.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Knowing how many ways you can roll any specific number naturally (the roll contains the desired number) or in combination is very useful in backgammon. The following table shows the chances that a roll contains or combines to the numbers from 1 to 12.
Number
Chance of Rolling It
1
11
2
12
3
14
4
15
5
15
6
17
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Rolling two dice together can produce a variety of outcomes for you when playing backgammon. The following table shows the odds available when you roll two dice.
Dice
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
11
12
13
14
15
16
2
21
22
23
24
25
26
3
31
32
33
34
35
36
4
41
42
43
44
45
46
5
51
52
53
54
55
56
6
61
62
63
64
65
66
Article / Updated 04-24-2017
A match equity table gives you the percentage chance of winning a backgammon match at any particular score. Here’s the table so you can have it to hand while you play.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
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.
A comprehensive and fun guide to Backgammon!Backgammon is one of the oldest games in the world, the origins of which date back some 5000 years – and it's still going strong. It enjoyed a huge resurgence in the 1970s, and then again in the 1990s with the popularity of the Internet, where millions of people play tournaments online every day.