One of the oldest classes of board games in the world.

Backgammon is a game for two players in which checkers are moved after each roll of the dice. A player wins by removing all of his checkers from the board.
Although luck plays an important role, there is a large scope for strategy. With each roll of the dice a player must choose from numerous options for moving his checkers and anticipate possible counter-moves by the opponent.

There are many variants of backgammon, most of which share common traits. The 'Backgammon' has two most popular variants of game - long backgammons and short backgammons.