Backgammon lesson 1: Meet the board

Points, checkers and where home is. Pip is setting up the board…

In this lesson

• Hi, I'm Pip! This is a backgammon board. Those 24 triangles are called points.
• The red checkers are yours. The blue ones belong to your friend. You each have 15.
• Your checkers travel like a horseshoe. They start far away on point 24 and count down: 24, 23, 22...
• Points 1 to 6 are your home. Bring every checker home to win!