Game Goal

Backgammon Blitz is our competitive take on a board game classic.

The goal of the game is simple: score more points than your opponent to win!

Basic Rules:

• Roll dice to move your red checkers.

• The black checker tries to capture your checkers.

• The goal only opens when all of your checkers are on the goal side.

• End the match by moving all the checkers into the goal.

• Each match has a 4 minute time limit.

Fairness

Each match of Backgammon Blitz is played against another player to see who can get the highest score.

• You are matched against players of similar skill, but you may not be playing at the same time.

• Both players get the same rolls in the same order.

• Placement of checkers at the start is random but is the same for both players.

How To Play

Rolling:

• You start each round by rolling two dice.

• Checkers can move the distance shown on the die.

• Rolling doubles gets you 4 moves.

Computer Opponent:

• The black checker is the computer opponent, not another player.

• The black checker rolls two dice on each turn to move.

Captures:

• Land on the black checker to score a capture.

• The black checker can land on your checkers to capture them.

• If your checkers get captured too many times, you lose points.

Blocking:

• If you have two or more checkers in a stack, they can’t be captured.

• If the black checker tries to move into a stack, you score a block.

• The more blocks you get in a row, the more points you score.

Bearing Off:

• The goal opens when all your checkers are on the goal side of the board.

• You can move to the goal from an exact roll or from the backmost stack.

• If one of your checkers is captured on the goal side, the goal closes.

Scoring

Backgammon Blitz scores vary depending on rolls and board layout. Great scores are over 10,000. Scores past 12,000 are amazing!

There are three sources of points in Backgammon Blitz:

1. Base Score 

2. Move Bonus

3. Time Bonus

Base Score comes from captures, blocks, and goals.

Captures:

• +500 points each time you capture the black checker.

• Captures on successive turns will result in a streak.

• Every capture will award +500 more points than the previous when on a streak.

• -100 points for each time your checkers are captured after the third capture. 

• Every subsequent capture will subtract -100 points more than the previous.

Blocks:

• +250 points for each of the black checker’s moves you block. 

Goals:

• +50 points for each checker you move past the goal line.

Move Bonus:

• The move bonus is the most important part of your score.

• You are rewarded for playing as efficiently as possible.

• Making fewer than 30 moves awards +10,000 points.

• Fewer than 35 moves awards +7,000 points.

• Fewer than 40 moves awards +5,000 points.

• Fewer than 45 moves awards +2,000 points.

• Fewer than 50 moves awards +1,000 points.

• If you make over 50 moves, your move bonus is +0 points.

Time Bonus:

• The time bonus awards +10 points per second remaining when you finish.

• Save time by playing smart. This will boost both time and move bonuses.

Strategy

• Play smart, efficient moves will maximize your time and move bonus.

• Play to make stacks, this will prevent unnecessary captures.

• If possible capture the black checker, but be cautious about puting your checkers in jeopardy. Weight the odds of getting captured.

• Try to move sets of pieces onto the goal side in one turn.

• If possible, keep an even number of checkers on the board at all times, this will help you score without risk.

Play cash games to watch replays and learn your opponent's strategies.

Finally, practice makes perfect! Backgammon Blitz is a game of skill; the better you are, the more you win.