Backgammon (Pi Software)

In this game you play the WHITE men and your opponent, the computer, plays the BLACK. The game starts with the men set on the predetermined points around the board, each point is labelled with a letter. The purpose of the game is for you to move your men anti-clockwise around the board until they are all in your "inner table" (points f to a). Once all your men are in your inner table you may then "bear off" i.e. move your men off the board. Your opponent will be moving his men clockwise round the board to his inner table (points s to x) and will then bear off. You move your men one at a time and may move them forward by the numbers shown on the dice. You may move onto any point that does not contain 2 or more of your opponent's men. If you move onto a point which is occupied by only one of your opponents men, your opponent's men will be placed on the bar (the green bar down the centre of the board) and that man must start again from the beginning. You must therefore be aware that, if you leave a single man on a point, this may give your opponent the opportunity to land on that point and send your man to the bar. The first player to bear off all his men is the winner.