I have a suspicion that no one actually knows how to play this game

I know. It's a classic. I've played it a dozen times. Is this supposed to be fun or just a time suck while I'm waiting to die? Did I miss something? Was there strategy? Logic? Story? Excitement? Intrigue? ROMANCE? No, huh. Just roll the dice, huh? Move the pieces. What about the doubling cube? Oh, it's like parsley huh - it's usually just there for looks. Hard pass. Oh! Can I keep the dice cups? I can use those for my D&D Dice! No... you want to keep the set together.

It's just ok. But there is nothing more satisfying that bumping off an opponents piece and then they roll poorly and can't get back on.

Weird how mystifying this game was to me for so long. If you can play Pacheesi/Ludo, you can play Backgammon. It's funner than Chess. I fucking hate Chess.

Used to play this as a kid with my dad. I used to beat him too, but now that I'm old and wise, I'm thinking that he just let me win most of the time, by refusing to bump my pieces off when he could. He passed away suddenly a year ago this month, and this just made me think about him. Those fuzzy dice cups were cool too.

The pieces look like candy, that's what I bring to a game of backgammon.

This is the greatest game ever !