Backgammon for complete beginners. Part 7 - Hitting and re-entering.

[@SueDNim]

Have I ever mentioned what a superlative tutorial this is? It's by far, BY FAR the most lucid, patient, and informational backgammon tutorial I've ever found. I watch it every year, after I've forgotten everything. ;)

[@grapiken7766]

This is fantastically clear information. Your series deserves an award. Thank you.

[@shannonstrubank2427]

Great how to for beginners (from a TRUE BEGINNER) I can’t wait to share this game with my family when we all get together for a week in the summer. The lake house we visit has the obligatory chess, checkers and backgammon set, but nobody in the family knew how to play. I think there are going to be some new fans! Thanks for the great instruction and sharing the game!

[@nicklsrt]

@Ensor42 such a pleasent voice with very patient instructions. well done mate!

[@reviewsbyyouu]

Thank you so much for these videos. Gor being such an old game its very hard to find comprehensible rules/tutorials for it.

[@Yumbap]

Your explanation is so clear! Thank you so much!!!

[@merciaaustin5368]

Thank you, I finally start understanding the game.

[@56bluegold]

I like the way you teach ! Very Good !

[@theurbanfarmhands7072]

Very clear! Thank you!

[@edytawiatr7566]

Thanks for the info and easy to follow instructions. Would be great if you could occasionally refer to the potential player as a female though.

[@cocodrile100]

@cocodrile100 another question anyways... what if red managed to put two of the black checkers into the bar?

[@Ensor42]

@thegoonist Using the dice numbers to re-enter a checker is similar to making moves - the numbers are separate, so you couldn't enter on the 4 with a 31, but you could, in this case, enter on either black's 3 or 1 point, then move the same checker to the 4 point using the other dice number. Yes, when you hit, you can move another checker onto the point where you hit, as long as the other dice number allows it.

[@Ensor42]

@Ushanka15 Yes. You can send multiple checkers of the opponent to the bar, and they would have re-enter all of them before making other moves.

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

Your videos are very informative. I just started to play again after many years absent. I think you may have made a mistake at 1:58If you roll a 5, you can’t land on the blocked point, no? I am not trying to criticize, just learning. Thanks for your time.

[@Ensor42]

Hi, glad you're finding the videos to be helpful. Thanks for watching! The hit with the roll of the 5-1 can be made because black can play the 1 first, and then the 5, thus landing and hitting the loose checker on red's bar point.

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

Ensor42 ahhh haaa! Thanks for the reply.

[@SJGster]

It's only important that either of the points are open. Depending on the situation, it may be possible to re-enter on a 4 and 3.

[@Ensor42]

@cocodrile100 A player must enter all checkers from the bar before making other checker plays, no matter how many checkers they have on the bar. It may be that the board only allows them to enter one checker, or none, or they may have four checkers on the bar, and be able to re-enter them all on their turn by rolling a double of a number matching a point in the opponent's home board that isn't blocked. You enter any checkers that you can, if you still have any on the bar, you wait for next turn.

[@alderusdmc]

Can a player who's already started bearing off get a checker sent to the bar by the opponent's re-entering checker?

[@thegoonist]

question: can the red re-enter the board at 4? (3+1=4)? and if i hit a red with a black for eg, is it always the case that the black would be alone (a single piece on the point?) or can i use the second die to make it a prime?

[@stuartrobinson2983]

Hi, I am trying to learn how to play the fascinating of Backgammon, and I have read the rules on many different sites and watched several sets of videos on the subject, including your extremely informative videos. However, just when I thought I was getting the hang of it, I saw a different set of videos that introduced a rule that I have not seen anywhere else. In these videos, the tutor states that, if you are trying to "make" a new point, i.e, place two or more stones on an empty point, the stones have to come from two different points that are not adjacent, but separated by at least one other point. e.g. your 4 point is open and you are trying to "make" it, you have stones on your 7,8 and 9 points and you roll a 3 and 5, you can move one stone five places from the 9 point to your 4 point, then move one stone three places from your 7 point to your 4 point, all well and good, but, in the same situation, you roll a 3 and 4, you can move one stone four places from your 8 point to your 4 point, but cannot move a stone from your 7 point because points 7 and 8 are adjacent, and not separated by at least one point. Also, that means that you cannot move two stones from the same point to "make" a new point. i.e. you roll a double two, you could move one stone from your 8 point to your 4 point, but then could not move another stone from your 8 point to your 4 point, as the second stone HAS to come from a different point that is separated by at least one point, Is this an actual rule, or has he just made this up, and if it IS actually a rule, does it apply only when "making" new points, or also to points on which you already have stones? I hope this makes sense, and you will be able to help me. Thank you.

[@mobiusklein9140]

I don't know where you heard this nonsense Stuart. To make a new point the checkers can come from anywhere.

[@zazazaaazzzaaz]

If for instance i can't play 1 neither 3 moves to re-enter, but but 3+1 is free, can i do it or i need to pass?

[@Ensor42]

Simple answer - Yes, and yes. If a point where a player may re-enter a checker contains a single opposing checker, then it may be hit in the same way as in normal play.

[@dottiemacomber6612]

I was just going to ask that. Thanks! This series of videos is great!!

[@cocodrile100]

what if, for example, red had rolled a 5 and a 6 when he still had a checker on the bar? both movements were blocked by the opponent player.

[@thegoonist]

@Ensor42 a correction, in my first comment i meant "that the RED would be alone" not "the black would be alone" lol. my bad. though im glad you got what i was trying to get at! thanks again!

[@007Koth]

Can you also hit back when you re enter, if there was a possibility, with the chip that is on the bar

[@mobiusklein9140]

yes

[@Furiora]

So, you mentioned in the last one the that ultimate prime that can happen is a 6 prime, but is there a special name for a 6 prime in your home board while an enemy has a counter on the bar? AKA your opponent can't move at all.

[@mobiusklein9140]

The structure you refer to is called a 'Closed Board'

[@ChrisSVT2525]

If you have 2 checkers on the bar can you remove both checkers in the same turn if the roll of both dice come out on numbers of points that are open or can you only remove one checker off the bar per turn?.

[@mobiusklein9140]

yes

[@emiliotap]

What happens if the opponent has blocket all 6 bars of his base... are you then unable to re-enter?

[@robertclark4929]

Can you have more than one checker on the bar.?

[@oliverfletcher8355]

Yes

[@bobhanks9853]

So effectively once you both start to bear off am I right in thinking that its all about getting doubles to win quicker?? Only I am thinking that the ending of the game is a bit of an unticlimax

[@Ensor42]

Not really, though the occasional double doesn't hurt! It can be as much about an efficient bear off, or the positioning of the checkers in the home board whilst bearing in. Gaps, particularly on the 4 point can be game changers.

[@RalphBromleyMadmanRB]

what happens when your piece falls off the bar, or gets very drunk at the bar?

[@WheezyCyclist]

In that scenario as red, what would happen upon rolling a double 6...as the number 6 point is blocked

[@WheezyCyclist]

Nevermind haha, I see you answered in the next part 😂

[@Ensor42]

@purevil89 Yes, the player would automatically miss his/her turn. This is shown more in the next part.

[@يلانخسكيلو]

what if I was hit , then the dice was 6 and 6 , at the opponent home point 6 is taken by the black stones , should I replay the dice or this is blocked dice , and I should wait to my next turn??

[@mobiusklein9140]

If you roll 6-6 from the bar you lose a turn (usually)

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

Can a re-entering move be a hit? If so, are there positions in which both players have pieces on the bar?

[@mobiusklein9140]

yes and yes

[@kobe12372]

what if you are trying to re-enter a checker and you roll 2 sixes and the enemy is blocking it?

[@Ensor42]

Then you would be unable to re-enter, and would be forced to miss that turn. This is more extensively explained in the next part.

[@cocodrile100]

@cocodrile100 sorry... i had not seen the part 8... btw, great tutorial, congratulations!

[@Ensor42]

@DancingMadRB3 In both these scenarios, the procedure is much the same; just give it a helping hand and prop it right back up there. It's good practice for dealing with your mates down the pub too. ;-)

[@MrNioMoon]

I find the bar pointless. Why can't the opponent's piece just go back to the start? Why do we have to put it on the bar?

[@SonicXRage]

+Antonio Darko The point on the start counts as a move. It would be easy to forget that that piece was hit if it was on the point.

[@MrNioMoon]

+SonicXRage After playing the game, I realize it's important now!

[@mulisbesir4374]

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