A backgammon board game set up is a board that holds twenty-four points. These points are triangles that are on the board and are very important to the game. The game of backgammon is a race of two countries and the checkers are your armies. Each person has 15 checkers that move around a track that is divided into twenty-four daggerlike divisions known as points.
The backgammon board is divided down the center by a partition known as a bar. There is an outer and inner board or table. The inner board is also known as home. The side that is nearest to you is your outer and home tables and the farthest side away from you are your opponent's outer and home board. There is always an arrow that indicates in which direction to play.
If these points were numbered though you won't find it marked on the board. They are frequently referred to during play to describe a move or position. Your 4 points or eight points will always be on your side of the board while your opponent's O will always be on his side of the board.
If you move from your 9 points to your 5 points it will be four spaces, as the bar doesn't count as a space. A move from whites 12 point to your 12 points is one space although it crosses the board to yours. These two points are really next to each other so only it counts as one space.
When the board is set up for play each side has 5 men on his 6 point, three men on his 8 point, five men on his opponents 12 point, and two men known as runners on his opponent's 1 point. These runners will have to travel the full length of the track whereas the other men have shorter distances to go.
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