Backgammon Boards

Backgammon Customization Tutorial

How do I customize my backgammon board?

The colors and textures of all backgammon board regions, checkers, and dice may be customized to your personal preferences. Remember to save the style as a named board style.

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to construct the following board:

First, select the style of display: 2D or 3D (this board is in the 3D style). Each item on the board may be customized: frame, background, points, checkers, dice, etc. Select the first item you wish to change, using the arrow tab to the right of the Items list (#1). Then select a texture for the item from the Textures list (#2).

The changes will be displayed in the small preview window.

Finally, select the color(s) for the item. (If the texture you select does not support colors, none will be shown.) Click on the current color to bring up the color palette. You may select colors by clicking on the selections shown in the palette, by clicking in the rainbow paint strip, by entering Hue/Saturation/Luminosity values, or by entering the RGB (Red/Green/Blue) values. RGB is the most common method of describing colors.

Do the same for the other board items. The changes will be displayed in the small preview window.

After you have made all of the changes, you will need to name and save your new board configuration. Click Save As and choose a name (see #3 above).

The following textures and colors were used to construct this board:

Item	Texture	Red	Green	Blue
Board Frame color 1 color 2	Leather	255 0	255 0	255 0
Board	Concrete	none	none	none
Points 1	none	125	0	0
Points 2	none	0	0	0
Checker Set 1 color 1 color 2	Crisloid#1	106 255	35 147	11 147
Checker Set 2 color 1 color 2	Marble	16 255	16 255	16 255
Dice 1 numbers		125 255	0 255	0 255
Dice 2 numbers		0 255	0 255	0 255
Pockets	none	168	168	168
Label Font	Arial, Bold	red
Background	BlackMarble	none	none	none

last modified: 2005-04-27