All There Is to Backgammon Setup
backgammon setup is not a complicated task. If you’re a new player and are concerned about the different colored long triangle and the confusing looking board, it’s actually very simple and easy to make sense of. You just can’t let the backgammon board confuse you.
First off, the triangle colors are just decoration. You can imagine them all black if you’d like; there’s no difference if it’s that or they are all the colors of the rainbow. These triangles are called points and are simple the spaces your backgammon checkers will move on around the board. Another aspect of the backgammon setup that confuses people is the boards sections. A backgammon board has 4 sections, each with 12 points, and a bar the runs down the middle. Don’t let this confuse you. You should look at the backgammon board as one continuous board where you move in a horseshoe direction around the board, your object being to get to the other side and bear your pieces off the backgammon board first to win. As far as backgammon set up, that’s it. You will set your checkers up on one section of the board, your opponent on the opposite section, same side. Your home board will be where your opponent starts; their home board is where you start. The, will a roll of the dice, you move points around the board. Of course, there are other aspects to backgammon, like hitting your opponents checkers or anchoring points to slow them down, but as far as the backgammon set up is concerned, that’s all there is to it.
