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Starting the Game
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Starting a backgammon game is relatively
easy, once you've
set up the
board.
In addition to the checkers on the board,
each player has two dice. The two dice for
each player are generally the same color as
the checkers. Most professional or
semi-professional players also have a dice
cup in which to shake their dice.
To start a backgammon game, each player
takes one of the dice, shakes it around in
the dice cup, and rolls it out to the
correct side of the backgammon board.
If both dice are the same, then the doubling
cube is moved over to 2, and each player
rolls a single die again. The doubling cube
may be increased several times this way, but
it is fairly uncommon.
When the two players have rolled different
numbers, the player whose die shows the
higher number gets to go first, using the
two dice that appear on the board. The
player does not re-roll in standard
backgammon, although in some backgammon
variants, the player with the higher die
does re-roll with two dice of the same
color.
Once the first player has completed the
move, he removes his die from the board,
signaling the opponent to remove his own,
and signaling the end of his turn.
After the first turn, each player rolls two
dice of the same color on the right side of
the board. Since players sit across from
each other, this gives each player his own
half of the board.
Players take turn throughout the game,
rolling the dice and moving their pieces.
For more information, read our section on
how to
play.
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