Just how challenging is backgammon to play? Its a question anyone new to the game will ask. Quite truthfully, the game is not that challenging. The basic rules are fairly simple so that anyone can pick up the game. But playing expertly can be a challenge because a lot of the correct plays can be counter-intuitive.
Placement of ones checkers can be essential to actually winning a game, as leaving yourself open to hits isnt very smart. But moving around the board to your home area can take some thinking and good dice rolls. It may sound contradictory, but in the beginning of a game its must better to leave a checker open to a hit, rather than later. That is because its much easier to get back on the board and through your opponents home board in the beginning when they wont have many checkers there to block you in as later in the game. This can be determined by odd dice rolls early on and help you later in the game to win by getting past your opponent with those individual checkers.
One thing that is a challenge in the game is setting up a five-point in your opponents home board (defensive anchor). This is will keep your opponent from bearing in if you can...
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