LEVEL 1
First Rolls
The board, the dice, and how a game actually ends.
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Learn
What should I learn next?
Watch the idea. Understand why it works. Try it on The Board. Keep the progress. GAMMON'D always answers the next-step question for you.
Continue your journey
Board & Setup
Twenty-four points, four quadrants, fifteen checkers.
LEVEL 1 · FIRST ROLLS
TRY IT ON THE BOARDPractice for you
More time on entering from the bar.
You re-enter through your opponent's home board — or not at all.
PRACTICE THISAsk GAMMON'D
“Why does this move win a piece?”
Ask for an explanation in plain language, or say “show me” and the answer plays out on The Board.
OPEN THE COACHThe Board
Watch → Understand → Try → Progress.
Every lesson ends on a real position. Wrong moves are never punished — they are explained, and you try again.
WATCH
A short, patient explanation of one idea.
UNDERSTAND
The reasoning, in words, before you move.
TRY
A real position, staged hints, Show Me if you want it.
PROGRESS
Mastery is remembered and shapes what comes next.
The curriculum
Six levels, from first move to real understanding.
LEVEL 2
Sound Fundamentals
Openings, replies and counting the race.
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LEVEL 3
Game Plans
Running, holding, priming, blitzing — and knowing which one you're playing.
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LEVEL 4
Sharp Decisions
The plays that separate club players from dangerous ones.
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LEVEL 5
The Bear-Off
The last fifteen pips, where games are actually lost.
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LEVEL 6
The Cube
The doubling cube — backgammon's second game.
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Opening rolls
Learn an opening roll play by play.
COURSE
The Fifteen Opening Rolls
Every possible opening roll, the recommended play, and the reason it earns its place.
LEARN ITCOURSE
The Holding Game
How to sit on an anchor, keep your board strong, and turn one shot into a game.
LEARN ITCOURSE
Your First Hundred Cube Decisions
The doubling cube explained through the five decisions every player faces weekly.
LEARN ITTechnique
Train one skill at a time.
NEW
Hitting & Blots
A lone checker is a target; hitting sends it to the bar.
PRACTICENEW
Priming
Six points in a row is a wall nothing passes.
PRACTICENEW
Anchors
Two checkers on one point — your foothold and your insurance.
PRACTICENEW
Pip Counting
The race number that tells you when to run and when to fight.
PRACTICENEW
Double / Take / Pass
Three answers, and the equity maths behind each.
PRACTICENEW
Bear-Off Strategy
Clear from the back, stack the even points, never leave the shot.
PRACTICEWatch first
The lesson, explained on video.
TUTORIALBack Games: Desperation or Design?
Two anchors deep in your opponent's board can be a trap or a plan. Timing decides which.
Match Room · Advanced
TUTORIALThe Blitz: Close Them Out or Bust
Attacking everything when your opponent is on the bar — the most fun you can have legally at a backgammon board.
Match Room · Intermediate
TUTORIALBuilding a Prime That Actually Holds
Six points in a row is a wall. Learn which points to make, in what order, and when to break them.
GAMMON'D Studio · Intermediate
TUTORIALAnchors: When to Make Them, When to Break Them
The advanced anchor is life insurance; the deep anchor is a bet on timing. Learn to tell which you hold.
Match Room · Intermediate
TUTORIALWhen the Game Becomes a Pure Race
No contact, no excuses — how to play a running game, when to double one, and when to pass.
Match Room · Intermediate
MATCH ANALYSISSplit or Slot: The Opening's Oldest Argument
Fifty years of debate over 4-3 and 2-1 — what the bots settled and what they didn't.
Archive Analysis · Advanced
TUTORIALAll Fifteen Opening Rolls, Settled
Every opening roll and its best play, explained with the reasons — why 3-1 makes the 5-point and why 6-5 runs.
GAMMON'D Studio · Beginner
Your backgammon journey