Beginner Backgammon Tutorial - 8 - Slowing Down an Opponent

[@johnbest1656]

Thanks Bucky, 66 years old and just started learning to -lay, you are a very good instructor.

[@kristiina6897]

Wow, just watched all 8 tutorials! Very well explained, thank you so much!

[@amitnegi4882]

You missed the 9 one

[@thenewboston]

I accidentally moved white the opposite direction in this tutorial. It was confusing playing 2 different people, playing upside down, and teaching at the same time!

[@PrecociousSloth]

Still did a great job 😄 now to beat my boyfriend...

[@nityanair1045]

I'm a beginner in this game so I didn't notice I finally learnt how to play backgammon Thanks for explaining it with every detail possible

[@juliehess5029]

EXCELLENT tutorial! Very clear instructions and also why you would make a certain move. Great teacher!

[@gloriamccormack3607]

I haven't played backgammon since I moved from south Florida, we had Backgammon nightclubs, serious playing, I forgot it's been so long, thank's for this tutorial , it is wayyyyyyyyyyy better than the others online, you did a super job at explaining the game

[@NicklasNylander87]

Very nice! Thank you for this series, it really cleared up the game for me. Just started off playing today, I hope to have a lifetime relationship with this game!

[@alanbaldwin3765]

I always wanted to learn this game and just bought my first board, I thought that this was very clear and good instruction, Thanks

[@Ty_The_Bonsai_Guy]

Excellent tutorial series. Made it much easier to understand. Thank you. 👍

[@adamabdool5959]

About the best tutorial on any game

[@markarnold8014]

Your videos are the best ones on here. Everything you say makes sense.

[@dateengineerazurecloud2904]

Thanks for the lessons, Bucky. Now maybe I can beat my sister next time I play her.

[@joelwatson4867]

Great set of instructions, thanks

[@andhow1972]

Very clear and lively tutorial.... thanks

[@phartl]

how come in the opening move you only moved 4 two times? because if you roll two 4's you get to move four times or?

[@maggiepatterson7949]

how many tutorials in this set for backgammon?

[@deannamclain6430]

Bucky, Question about bearing off. If I have a piece on the 5 point for example and I roll a 6 on my dies can I take that piece out or do I need to wait until I roll and exact 5 to take that checker out of the game?

[@randallmasoner]

I thought hitting a blot to get off the bar wasn't allowed. Does it not have to go to an empty point or one they have pieces on?

[@thenewboston]

@mstuie nice!

[@yanekw]

Best on KZbin, cheers lad!

[@LYNNSTER1971]

QUESTION: Can opponent re-enter using both dice if he can?

[@jakubnage]

Hey Bucky, these videos are super convenient as I have been wanting to learn this game for a while and even more so since you made that video about making money online playing it (lol). However, I was wondering where you would recommend playing online. I am looking for a place to play for free right now. If you can recommend a place to bet in case I get better and feel like it, that would be awesome too. Thanks.

[@armandacosta1914]

great job only tutorial I understood

[@taylorphoe]

Can you show how to use the doubling cube? I don't know what it's for :P

[@Velocity_Eleven]

but surely if brown gets that piece removed, then it is being sent back the whole way to the start of their path... where as white is only being sent back a small distance

[@johnbest1656]

Should say -lay, stopping laying a while back.

[@linux5min]

but what is the other white dice for?

[@mstuie]

I just played my first game of Backgammon and I won!!

[@drecklia]

thats what i did on my first game! i kept sending the enemy back to bar and slowly advanced to my home

[@caballeroverse5437]

what is the big cube for? 8 videos and didn't touch it...

[@tomy6917]

That's the "doubling cube" that is used in a lot of tournaments. If you think you're going to win, you "offer your opponent doubles" and turn that cube to 2 facing it toward your opponent. Now, if you win, or lose, it will be worth twice as many points. If your opponent says no to the double, the game is over & you win. If your opponent accepts your double, he now "owns the doubling cube" and if they game changes & it now looks like he is going to win, he will turn it to a 4 offering 4 times the win/loss value. if you say no, the game is over, But, you have to double your loss because you had doubled the stakes (the win/loss value) when he had originally accepted the cube from you. Then you can rotate that cube to 8, 16, 32....in long tournament games. They're are other rules concerning doubling, too.

[@mystery2kmusic]

Thanks bucky! I just bought a Board! :)

[@ClaireNess19]

Wouldn't it be better to move 8 pt 3 spots, leaving only 1 triangle with 1 on it

[@GargJet]

Whoa so that's how u play that game. Tbh I would have never even gave it a chance, but now that I no how I might play a few games

[@christyharding2616]

Thanks bucky!

[@trentalexanderarnold5299]

Good job you helped me a lot

[@evelynvazquez3849]

Thank you Bucky

[@ZethSlayer]

@jakubnage I recommend Minecraft Classic. It's free and fun, if you like that buy Minecraft Beta, it's got way for features :P

[@aldld]

I now consider myself to be a backgammon master, and I don't even own a board :P

[@Samyh]

The first move by white was 4 4 but he moved only 2 checkers

[@watermelonpizza]

If you roll double 6's and a checker is on the bar could you move it straight to the 1 point and in this case push the white checker onto the bar? Like they switch position?

[@justgivemethetruth]

I think this was redone. It looks better now.

[@tangrway]

I cannot beat the computer, so embarrassed.

[@justgivemethetruth]

how do you make that opening move with 2-1 on the dice?

[@damjandjuric109]

Thanks so much

[@CameraMan9258]

i kinda lol'd at 0:10

[@chiseledimages]

@mstuie dito.. first game and won by one checker

[@IDmann700]

buckyy!!! teach Allegro tutoriallsss!!!

[@ReignOfPraine]

No, it's risky not playing this way.

[@johnbest1656]

Play!

[@zsmb-v0]

@mstuie I did the same (Windows 7 Internet Backgammon game, #LOL)

[@arkana56]

@mstuie ME TOO!!

[@TheSlehmann]

betting

[@americansensei]

2 much time on your hands...

[@th3d0n123]

only a noob would make whites first move

[@lifeDotGov]

omfg.

[@nikoskount]

too bad we greeks are like asians at this game xD

[@justgivemethetruth]

No, he does not know what he is doing or he made a mistake, or just made up a move that had nothing to do with the dice ... this tutorial should be deleted ... it's just wrong.