Beginner Backgammon Tutorial - 6 - Primes

[@angelacruse9030]

Bucky, fantastic explanation simply explained Thank you for this, hi from England x

[@amandulagarcia2666]

Dude, you rock! I've been looking for a really good explanation on how to play this game cause I really love it,And you just came through on your promise of giving an excellent presentation! Thank you so much !

[@steviec6295]

My first game was in 1983. I've been playing ever sense. Thanks Dook! I miss ya!

[@pao9128]

The best backgammon tutorial I've seen. Thank you so much. Greetings from México

[@helenvarner5787]

😲 6 videos, I'm ready to go 😜

[@Bill-2128]

THANKS for taking the time to do this. Very helpful

[@FellVoice]

Outside of a perfect prime can't you normally move one chip for each die roll ie a roll of 2 and 3 move one chip 5 spaces?

[@MrIPhonemaniac]

what if u rolled a 5 and a 2 thats 7 won't that get u out? i thought u can combine them

[@cmayer4208]

Nice tutorial. Very easy to understand. Let the games begin!

[@ThatJackieJones]

BUCKY! WE JUST FINISHED YOUR MINI SERIES.. THANK YOU! YES, THE OTHERS WERE SHIT. ABOUT TO PLAY NOW.. THANK YOU BYEEEE!

[@Ghazala_1984]

1:06 So If white rolls 2 and 4 for example. Is he still allowed to move his checkers in his own homeboard? 🤔

[@AndalusianIrish]

What's the best strategy for the point where you start with just 2 checkers? Do you want to get them round to your home ASAP or leave them as long as possible to block your opponent?

[@emmanuelhatzis9460]

I have a question: Take the video at 2:10 for the white checker set up. If the white checker player rolls a 5 or 6, can they strategically "bear off" the checkers on point 4, so they can maintain their "prime" for at least another round?

[@tomy6917]

No, you cannot bear off until all of your checkers are inside your home table. At 2:10 there is still a white checker inside of brown's home & would have to leave there by moving with the 6 first. If all of your white checkers were inside your home at 2:10 and you rolled a 5 - 6 you are not permitted to move the checkers from the 4 point since there are checkers on higher points still (the 5 & 6 points). If there were no checkers on the 5 & 6 points & you rolled a 5 - 6 on your dice, you are permitted to remove 2 checkers from the 4 point.

[@professional.commentator]

But eventually you still want to get out of your opponent's home board right? Because you can't start bearing off your pieces until they're all in your home board right?

[@Kosake82]

@MrIPhonemaniac Yes the sum of the two is 7, but they're still two separate moves. You have to check for every move wether you end on a field with at least two checkers of the opponent or not. If any of your moves end on two opposing checkers you can't move that checker whit two combined moves.

[@noreensullivan5855]

I know this is an 8 year old post, but thanks for clarifying why the sum of roll would not be allowed if the individual moves are not legal moves.

[@brandonday7896]

Thank you!

[@WilliamRueda3]

Question: 0:50 you said the 2 white checkers one position number 1 are locked, but can't they move for example if the dice give whatever combination of numbers that add up to a number greater than 6, say (4,3) or (6,2) or whatever, wouldn't the white checkers be able to move 1 piece by using both numbers on the dice together ????? Once again, sorry for my English, I hope you understand my question

[@tomy6917]

No, those 2 white checkers cannot move at all at the 0:50 time mark. The dice in Backgammon are to be treated as "individuals" and not as a sum of the diced added together. A 6, 2 roll is to be thought of as a "six & two" roll or as a "two & six" and not as an "8". You can use your dice in any order, but, as you count with them, the position cannot be blocked by your opponent. So, at the 0:50 time, for the 2 white checkers, brown has every "individual" number on your dice blocked & cannot be moved at all.

[@master23401]

@MacintoshEnthusiast Not really, because double 4, 5 and 6 only makes you move 4, 5 and 6 points twice and not 8, 10 and 12 at once. Since you couldn't get to points 4, 5 and 6, you would still be locked.

[@th3d0n123]

you cant combine numbers off the bar?

[@bylucien]

hey man, these videos have really helped me, thanks so much! quick question, what backgammon set is that? because it's gorgeous.

[@guanhui1376]

IK= I know

[@kalair]

@wywyman The faster one would crash. If you are talking about 2 perfect primes both in the home board, that actually isn't possible; just think about what it would be like 1 move before the 2 perfect primes.

[@sangeetnagreh9025]

do you have to play 2 separate moves ie dice rolls no 6 and 5. or can you combine it to 11. When can you combine the dice number and when not.

[@Ghazala_1984]

Can't combine. Would be too easy 😉

[@pikmin4000]

@thenewboston Can't you roll a five and a six and combine them to get out of a perfect prime?

[@siaotak4657]

Andrew Hoyt no

[@thenewboston]

@wywyman wow, i never thought about that. I think if that ever happened then the universe would probably collapse or something, but thats just my guess

[@Breadward_MacGluten]

thenewboston Ahhh back when replying to specific comments was much harder

[@carolyntorres7065]

Must the start checkers always be placed the exact same way at the start of a new game? And if not, must the checkers always be mirrored for both players?

[@siaotak4657]

Carolyn Torres yes

[@sukhdeepkaur8997]

What is fifth dice placed on your right side used for?

[@tomy6917]

It is called The Doubling Cube for raising the stakes of the game. If I "double you" by turning that cube to "2" it means who ever wins will win twice the amount the game is worth, or, you could lose twice as much of the game's win value. For a better understanding search Google about the Doubling Cube.

[@Jugulator4]

@Rukishou You're only allowed to play in the direction of your homeboard.

[@wywyman]

What if both players have perfect primes and one hit checker?

[@MacintoshEnthusiast]

if they roll double 4 5 or 6 they can escape...cant they?

[@wywyman]

@thenewboston Cool... kinda like dividing by 0?

[@MorgoSargas]

@wywyman That's pretty much impossible. If you think it is, then try to for a position that occured before universe collapsed.

[@BTDiLmarinen]

I know it is 2 years late but here is the answer: You both roll and start breaking the perfect prime by moving chips closer to the starting position. This opens up space and at some point someone will be able to move his chip that was blocked by the perfect prime

[@BaliLandandVilla]

one of them in the end will be forced to open one block because dice will not always come 6 .

[@buddhabder]

@flashharry9 Even that still won't guarantee a win! That's the beauty of backgammon.

[@topcat5665]

@RankR360 The quality will improve later

[@project_nihilist]

I totally get it. Thanks.

[@j1jh002]

Thanks a lot!

[@adamschful]

awesome

[@BGB17]

Backgammon

[@MorgoSargas]

@wywyman form*

[@shahminhajuddin]

Wtf how many more tutorials to go? I am passing mate ! Thanks and sorry !

[@MacintoshEnthusiast]

@master23401 okay

[@tangrway]

Cool

[@jimbojambo76]

It can't happen. If someone get's it first, they have advantage of the dice. Other words, they'll run away with game.

[@RankR360]

240p FTW!

[@ijrlij]

im not 8th

[@shawnio]

k, backgammon? why

[@lifeDotGov]

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