The oldest race there is. Throw two dice and run all fifteen checkers home, then bear them off. Land alone on a point and you can be sent back to the bar; hold a point with two and nobody passes.
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The same walkthrough the table opens with — you can replay it in the game at any time.
Fifteen checkers each, running in opposite directions. Yours travel towards the bottom right; get all of them into that quarter and you may start bearing them off.
Each die is one move, and doubles are played four times. You must use as many dice as you legally can — the board only lights up the moves that keep that true.
A point with a single checker is a blot: land on it and that checker goes to the bar, and it must re-enter before its owner may move anything else. Two checkers make a point nobody can land on.
Bear off all fifteen first to win — double if your opponent has borne off none, triple if they are still on the bar or in your home. Good luck!
Yes. Backgammon is free to play on PlayTable, and playing against the AI does not even need an account.
A browser. Backgammon runs on any modern phone, tablet or computer, and you can add PlayTable to your home screen if you want it to open like an app.
Yes. Sign in with your email, create a lobby, and share the six-character code or the invite link. Everyone plays from their own device, and the match is checked on the server so nobody can see a hand that is not theirs.
Yes — Backgammon opens with a guided tutorial on the real table that points at the real cards, and the steps above are that same walkthrough. It takes about two minutes.