About the game
Backgammon against a computer opponent. Click the dice on the left to start or to throw, and click to move a stone.
Backgammon, called tavla in Bosnia, is one of the most loved board games in the region. Each player has fifteen stones and moves them toward home by the numbers on two dice. Once all stones are home, they are borne off, and whoever bears off all of them first wins.
Backgammon belongs to the Board games variant in the Table games world and joined the catalogue on March 28, 2017. The rules, levels and on-screen language are set by the game’s creator, and a short guide appears on its start screen.
How to play
- Click the dice on the left to start the game or to roll.
- Use each die to move one stone, and a double is played four times.
- You may not land on a point holding two or more enemy stones, and a lone enemy stone can be hit.
- When all your stones are home, bear them off the board.
Full rules: Backgammon rules: how to play
Three tips for backgammon
- Do not leave single stones where your opponent can hit them.
- Build blocks of two stones in front of your opponent’s, it slows them down.
- Bring a hit stone back into play quickly, while it is out you cannot move anything else.
