Welcome to Backgammon

Backgammon is a game of luck and skill. It 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. Backgammon has been around a long time, with origins dating back possibly 5000 years. The game we know today was refined in England in the seventeenth century, which is also when it acquired the name Backgammon.

The object of the game is to move all your checkers off the table first.

Backgammon requires 2 players, a basic AI is available for you to play against so you can get the flavor of the game, but we invite you to find a friend to play with! The TrayGames version of Backgammon uses some Old English rules so be sure to check out the How to play section for more details on game play.