No, use the three then the five.

If you can use both dice then it doesn't matter which you use first.

yes its allowed ,because you are using both dice .

ok thanks

i think that covers all my questions .. for now :)

at : http://brainking.com/game/ShowGame?g=522115&i=22

i wasnt allowed to use the '2' to move a piece inside my home making it impossible to use the '6' after that .. i had to use the '2' to move one of the pieces outside my home, and then move that piece again leaving my single piece open oustide my home ?

*shiver with fear* :)

eh ... the 2 dices i got at that position was 2+6

(not 3+4 as the history shows)

correct 3 & 4 are for your opponent who is black

ah ok :)

I love this feature! I have learned so much just reading comments!

does anyone know how to put their flag on their profile?

What do you mean? The country flag is put in your profile when you pick a country to live in. (And I can already see your USA flag in your profile)

So if you are from another country to that which you currently live, you can just put that country in the address field.

I am playing with a new player and he didnt know and i couldnt remeber! were straight now!

Or if you REALLY want to confuse everybody, can you just select a counmtry at random and change it every week? :-)

or do the dice change here?
I SAW a 3,5...but after I played the 3, the 5 became a 4?!

Might have somthing to do with the fault Fencer has at present. But normally it wouldn't

Ok.
Thanks.

I occasionally think that also, but I think it's just my eyes playing tricks on me. That is I also play backgammon on GoldToken which has your dice on the left side of the screen (instead of the right here), so I mess things up sometimes.

I thought it might be the beer. lol!

Nah can't be the beer, that only makes you see doubles lol

Not in my case,lol!

Hello Rooster......That has happened to me also...not just lately but in the past.

I am trying to get my score to 2000..........Any one got any suggestions?

win more game

HMMMMMMMMMMM Intresting suggestion! ;) hehehehehe

Look at some commented matches:
http://www.gammonline.com/demo/match/index.html
http://www.bkgm.com/matches.html

Download gnubg and train against it. If you'd like it will also analyse your moves as you play them (tutor mode), or afterwards. And you can ask it for hints. You'll find it here:
http://www.gnubg.org
Make sure you set up a decent strength for the player and for the analysis. More info about that here:
http://www.bkgm.com/gnu/AllAboutGNU.html

Thank you so very much! Do they have training aids for other games as well?

There's gnuchess, gnugo, gnushogi, etc. But I don't know anything about them.
http://directory.fsf.org/games/

whats 'shogi' ?

http://www.ricoh.co.jp/SHOGI/rules/erules.html

How is it possible to pass a move? I didn't find a button for it. In game http://brainking.com/game/ShowGame?g=537998
my opponent passed on his first move, I have the same dice values and cannot pass?

The only time a person passes is on the first roll - and that is only if they lose the roll. (That is each player rolls 1 dice - high dice goes first, so if your opponenet gets the lowest dice, they have to "Pass" to you so you can start.)

ok, thanks. Are these first dice rolls visible anywhere?

Luke what dice you see on your first turn are what was rolled, if he has passed then he must have rolled the lower dice.

are the dices used to determine the one who starts in multiple game matches as well ?

i forgot to check .. but in most of my bg matches white seems to win most of the games :)

thanks again. These things are not explained in the rules (or I didn't read them carefully enough)

You will find that white alternates for each game

*nod* white alternates .. but will the dices still decide who starts or will white always start ?

white always starts, but he may have to pass

lol

i made myself check some matches i played ... the first match i checked already showed white passing on the first move indeed

quite funny then that in most matches white seems to win the games (even though its another playing with white all the time :))

anyone 4 a play now BG game?

you can look in the 'waiting games' (link in the menu on the left side of your screen) or create a waiting game yourself

you can also invite me, i will accept :)

I like that Nobleheart.. that would be a kewl version.. ;)

By looking at CurbYourEnthus results (25 games and 25 wins) I am comming into conclusion that it must be a game of skill. It is estimated that backagammon is 25 percent game of skill and 75 percent is luck factor. In Bakgammon Race this relation should be reversed, at least.
What is your opinion ?
Origami.

he has been banned for cheating

I am too simple to even understand this kind of situation. How is it possible ? You have your dice you have to follow ... I am not getting it.
Origami.

he created a 2nd account and played all 25 games against that account, then after 3 moves he forfeited all 25 games in the other acount, thus 25 wins

check out his profile, and click on show games

gosh ... there is no limit to people's inventions. by the way, don't you think backagammon race requires more skill ?
This is a longer game and it's possible to recover out of bad luck ... they say, the longer the game (like Gin , CRibbage or Dominoes)the more chances are on the better player.
Origami.

its acey-duecy without the luck of the opening doubles required. I have seen 3 basic strategies, one never works, one works only if you get good rolls, and the other works most of the time unless you come up against someone with the same startegy