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Acey-Deucey

American military variant where rolling 1-2 unlocks bonus moves and an extra roll.

How it works in play

Nobody starts on the board: all fifteen checkers enter through the opponent’s home board, as if coming in from the bar. The roll that names the game, 1-2, lets you play the 1 and the 2, then any double you choose, then roll again, which is why fortunes swing so often.

  • Doubles — Rolling the same number on both dice (e.g. 4-4); the number is played four times.
  • Entering — Moving a checker from the bar into the opponent’s home board.
  • Nackgammon — Variant by Nack Ballard with a shifted start (an extra anchor on the 23-point); deeper and less luck-dominated.
  • Tavla — The Turkish name and tradition of backgammon, played without the doubling cube.

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