Backgammon is a board game, but players need two dice in order to play. The dice are cubes with numbers from 1 to 6 on all sides, or instead of numbers the dice might have dots which stay instead of numbers.

When playing backgammon, a player starts by rolling the pair of dice and makes his moves according to the numbers shown. The players take turn in rolling the dice and moving the checkers, according to the numbers, or dots shown by the dice. The dots on the dice are sometimes called pips.