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Summary: In order to set up a backgammon board for a game, a player must first know how to count their points. Set up a backgammon board and learn how to count from the right with tips from a gaming enthusiast in this free video on playing tabletop games.
"Backgammon is a great game. Hi my name is Dean Hale and today I'm going to show you how to set up a backgammon board. To setup a backgammon board you first need to know how to count your points. If you are going to start from here and count around. So this is one, two, three, four, five, six and so on all the way up here to point twenty four. In point twenty four, you are going to set up two in point twenty four. As you go around in point thirteen, you are going to set up five. Over here in point eight you are going to set up three pieces and in point six you are going to set up five. The other player will obviously do the same thing. Remember you count from your right, as your first number and the upper right is your highest number. So this is number one, this is twenty four, we count left, we go up and we go over to the right. If you set up your pieces just like I described you will set up the perfect backgammon board. Now you got to do is play a good strategy and have some fun. My name is Dean Hale and I just showed you how to set up a backgammon board."
eHow Article: How to Set Up a Backgammon Board
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