1. Getting started…
- Introduction
- Backgammon notation
- Gammons and Backgammons
- The Doubling Cube
- Match Play vs. Unlimited Games
- Checker play basics
2. Playing safe
- Introduction
- Don’t play loose in your inner board
- Points win prizes
- Avoid direct shots
- The danger of higher points
- Clear from the rear
- Bear off safely
3. Game plans
4. Doubling for beginners
- Introduction
- The doubling window
- Cubeful and cubeless equity
- Market losers
- Recube vig
- Doubling in racing positions
- Doubling in N-roll positions
- Doubling in holding games
- Doubling in bear-off racing conditions (intro to iSight)
- Opening blitz doubles
- Doubling in closeout positions
- Score-based cube actions