Literally paused it at 4:49 to write this review... I thought you were so wrong by saying all the other tutorials were terrible, but after starting this video, I would echo everything you said. You explain everything in such a digestible way. Truly a great tutorial and I will now point all of my friends to this video to learn as well! I appreciate the video. Beyond helpful. Cheers!

Thank you! Lucile Ball was obsessed with this game. I played this when I was young but never took it up since no one around me ever ever played it. I down loaded a game app and I’m starting to play it and love it. So glad you made these simplified but serious tutorials. Thank you!

This was absolutely awesome teaching. You rekindled my live the game I learned 40 years ago and haven't played in 35yrs. I found the other tutorials on the subject confusing and lacking so much information. Thank you for a job well done.

Thank you for your tutorials on how to play Backgammon. I’ve always been curious about this game. My mom told me she was just as curious recently so I got her Backgammon for her birthday and we have been trying to figure it out. We found a few videos on backgammon but can’t say they helped us that much until we stumbled upon your tutorials. You explain it all very well and it’s so helpful. My mom also thanks you. Now we can enjoy playing Backgammon.

Your tutorial's are very easy to follow (Watched all of them). You taught great with clear, easy instructions. Your strategy advice was great too. I recently took an interest to broaden myself with classic challenging games. Thanks to your tutorials I'm now enjoying playing on my iPhone. Great Job!!!!

Have watched many tutorials...this is the only one I learned anything!

Thank you...someone who actually has the ability to explain things.

This tutorial is done in an excellent way for an newbee to learn the basics. The author of this video really knows how to teach the material.

Thank you for being the guy who explains the terminology before diving into the rules. Very annoying when someone doesn't do that. It made learning several games from others harder, and whenever I need to make a functional or technical analysis I make sure to start it off with a glossary.

Thanks, you are absolutely correct. My wife and I are not dummies , but we sure felt like it after watching one of the tutorials

What a wonderful explaination and tutorial on this game!! Just love it. We used to play backgammon all the time, but then life happened and we stopped playing.. We took out the game tonight and our brains were at a complete loss.. So this video came in just the nick of time.. Thank you so much.. Very easy and clear instructions

Greetings from quarantine - thank you for this series. My boyfriend tried to explain this to me, I tried googling...all of it seemed really confusing. You definitely have a gift for explaining/teaching 🙂

thanks for actually explaining the BOARD, thats why everyone gets confused

just bought a backgammon set and this is the best instruction I found. The others were confusing and dull.

Wow you explained it so well! This is the only video where someone actually goes through the definitions which are very important and thanks for writing the points

I watched all these videos and they taught me the game"basically" I know there is more to it, but great series.

Lol 5:52. Pauses video, "flips computer monitor"

wow, I checked out 5 other videos to learn and none of them make sense this makes the most sense.!

One of the best and clearest tutorials I’ve come across

This is a great tutorial. Way better than other ones on KZfaq.

I get the impression you don't like the other backgammon tutorials.

Damn, I watch your vids for computer science, and then I randomly wanted to learn how to play Backgammon, and now here I am again...

Well done. I actually understood what others were lacking. It made perfect sense to me. Well done.

Wow! I subscribed because of the programming. This is a bonus. I love Backgammon. Nice board.

Can someone post a link to get this exact board, can't find one with same color points. I like the contrast with the checkers.

I played this a lot with my dad when I was a little kid. Bought him a new backgammon board for his birthday so we can finally play together again after ten years.

This rocks! Thank you! Always wanted to learn how to play and this is helping me ease into it.

i love it when someone tells you when the actual video starts. but there is no comments like that, SOO... 1:05

Brilliant tuts. Well done. you made the game look very easy but I know will not be when I start playing it.

Thank you for these great tutorials. They really are so much easier to understand than the other ones I tried watching. What is the bigger die with the numbers on it for?

it has been 25 years since I've played. This is the best tutorial to relearn how to play.......... OhighO

By far the best/easiest to follow series of backgammon tutorials on KZfaq. Very well done...

Sir what is the use of the dice which has the numbers 2,4,8,16,32 and 64

always wanted to know how to play backgammon cheers man

Great job. Concise. To the point. Easily understood. I myself have been playing for years and understand the game well. I just wanted to let you know i liked your videos. Great job.

I knew I recognized your voice, once I heard your name I was like 'ohh the programming tutorial guy,' ha, I just happened to want to find a beginner backgammon video, once I learned the game was ancient, and I indeed couldn't find any decent tutorials on KZfaq so far, so thanks for this one! Teaching things in a basic manner for beginners is a unique skill, or talent!

I was watching the other videos and I thought to myself, "Man.... I wish Bucky had a Backgammon video" and lo and behold

Love your video's! What is a doubling cube and when do you use it?

Just to clarify, the person who rolls the highest gets to decide any location for the checkers, is any possible wrong way of to locate them, must it allways be five on your 6, three on your 8, five on your 13 & the last on the 24 & must the apponent mirror, you said here is what "I" do must that be the way for anyone or is that just what you personaly do

I'm really surprised! You are so all-rounder! Or you like making tutorials so much :D Thanks alot for everything you are doing! I learned alot.

There was some great teaching done here. Thank you so much!

Hi, could possibly clarify something for me. I am just starting to learn the game, but I am also trying to teach my brother at the same time. We seem to have a difference of opinion about one of the rules. It is my understanding that when bearing off, if I have checkers on points numbered lower than the pips on the rolled dice, I can remove checkers on any points numbered lower. e.g if I have counters on say, points 1,2 and 3 only, but roll a 5 and a 6, I can remove counters from the next available lower point, in this case the 3 point. However, my brother says that is cheating, and I should only be able to remove checkers from points whose numbers correspond to the pips on the dice, again, if I have checkers on 1,3 and 3 points only, but roll say a 5 and a 6, I have to forfeit my turn

Oh my god thank you. Understood more in this tutorial than any other and i haven't enven seen the rest. Good stuff 👍

Thank god you were bored or we could’ve never had this good tutorial

What size and brand is this board ?

I can't say anything about the quality of the tutorial because I am literally a beginner backgammon player but I just wanted to say that it was hilarious when you said flip your computer monitor upside down🤣🤣

What size is this board? Thanks

Excellent explanation! Enjoyed this - thank you!

My backgammon set has an extra dice, the doubling dice as most people call it, could you please explain it's use? Is it not needed?

Is it necessary to place the checkers in that particular position?

Omg. U r so right. I am returning to backgammon after not playing for decades and wanted to relearn from the beginning. The videos I found were not effective. Thanks for your series!

Thank you! The other ones I found weren't much of a help, and me and my family eanted to learn how to play. I'm very appreciative.

Just started to learn and this is the best tutorial, thank you!!

Where did you get this backgammon board. Love it.

I have to agree you did an excellent job explaining.

Man this guy taught me C++ now this game. Man this shocked me.

The best tutorial.It looks like i was playing.

Best tutorial for backgammon so far.

I play just for the fun and skill. I am good but no hi-roller by a long shot. As much as I hate to I am willing to compete with them if I knew a program where I could do the same as them. Do you have any idea what that might be. I sure would love to know. Am tired of players always coming out of the 1st roll with 4/4 or 5/5 or 5/3 or 1/1 or 6/6 the second they get behind out come the doubles come rolling out like crazy. Funny how every roll keeps their stones exactly paired.

Thank you for explaining each step.👍

Do you know where I can get a good quality board like this?

The best tutorial for Backgammon on the net!

You Tube tutorial videos need a JURY for some ppl. They have NO clue how to teach. You are good!!!!!

Excellent, exactly what we were looking for! Thanks!

You explain everything very very well. and its kinda funny too. Keep it up!!!

This is such a good tutorial, did you do a part two?

Man, I watched all of your tutorials and they're great! I read an instruction many times and I didn't understand a word.. Now I feel prepare to play! :) Thx!! :) You're made a good job!!

As a complete beginner, I found two other 'simple' explanations far too rapid - I had to keep pausing and replaying - and in places unclear. This is a little wordy at the beginning, I think, but the explanation is well-paced and clear ... and therefore effective. Thanks! I'll now go on to stage two - How to Move the Checkers. 🙂

Well done! Eventhough I'm German I understand you the most. 😀

Thank you so much. This video was amazing

*”Thank you!!” - MELL DUNEY 616*

My mum used to play with a friend of hers and she tried to teach me numerous times but I just didn't get it so I gave up trying to learn. However, I thought I'd try to learn again. My mum passed away so I looked to youtube for help and the first video I saw was titled something along the lines of "easiest backgammon tutorial".... I opened that video and 2 minutes in I was like WTF?! Then I went back to look for another and found this one. It's easy to follow what you are teaching and I am yet to watch the 2nd video but I can tell already that I'll be playing backgammon a lot sooner than I thought. Thank you so much for this tutorial!!!! It has helped me big time :)

Are you going to have more of these llessons

Is there an official side for the home board for the light and dark pieces (and likewise an official direction of play)? For example, in this video, you show dark's home board to be the lower right quadrant (from the perspective of dark), while the light's home board is in the lower left (from the perspective of the light). On other tutorials, I see it set up oppositely (dark's home board being lower left, and light's home board being lower right--both from their respective perspectives). Thanks in advance.

Those other tutorial makers, how dare they , (I'm dramatic) you got the juice know! Thanks you are a great teacher.

Bit harsh saying the others were terrible - some simply go faster than yours and that suits more advanced gamers. Your explanation is good in that it slows things down, starts with explaining names of the board elements. The other tutorials do the same too, but a bit faster. What is confusing about your explanation is that you’ve numbered the points but as they apply to your side and not our side. For us watching, the path runs from your 24 down to 1. At least you didn’t number both ways at once, but it would have been clearer if you sat on our side (viewer side) and we looked over your shoulder, and the numbering was then reversed. Good start anyway.

That game backgammon has all lot of strategies options moves i do i love this game

Nicely explained. Thanks for the tutorial.

Could you tell us how you really feel?

Hey another plus to watching on my iPod! No adds and I can turn it upsidedown

just what i needed

This was a good get started lesson, what size is the board and who made it,

Thanks, Bucky! It really helped me alot! Now I play Backgammon with my brother and I really like it!

My brother says this game is very skill based like chess, is that true?

Can't wait for ep2

Best tutorial for beginners 👍

You can talk with your hands too?

Awesome as always

Ha ha, you're full of surprises. Good stuff.

i actually flipped my computer monitor upside down......wow.....Bucky, voice of a leader.

In arabic countries like my country lebanon, we play 3 types of backgammon: -Franjiyeh: its the one ur explaining -Mahbouseh: its similar to Franjiyeh, except there are no captures, once u land on a piece u stay on it and not let it move until u move out of the way -31: u need to make bridges of one pieces to be able to escort all ur pieces to the other side of the board. I dont know if u do know these games!

Thank you! Finally i got it

Beautiful tutorial. You've given every detail a beginner will need to start and I couldn't ask for more👏👏👏

Part 2 coming?

Wonderful tutorial. very well explained. thanks a lot.

thank you for the videos i watched and learned they are very awesome brother

dude, thanks for posting these. I just took up the game and these tutorials are great

Great tutorial thanks a mill going to get back into playing it great game

He gets to it around 1:10. The playing pieces are not called "checkers" nor "chequers". They are called "stones".

Best best beginning tutorial online, thank you