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Backgammon

Five thousand years of race, risk, and probability. Roll dice and race your 15 pieces around the board, bearing them off before your opponent. Combine racing, blocking, hitting, and probability management with the doubling cube for betting.

8 Variants
backgammon Plugin
✓ Frontmatter-only

Declared, Not Coded

Every rule of Backgammon below is frontmatter in the rules corpus. The board beside each is the game itself, live.

Standard Backgammon Rules

Doubling cube allows stakes to be raised during play. Hit pieces are sent to the bar.

engine:
  topology:
    type: track
    positions: 24
  players: [white, black]
  plugins:
    backgammon:
      doublingCube: true

Standard Backgammon

Acey-Deucey Rules

Rolling 1-2 grants any doublet of your choice plus another roll. Pieces enter from the bar one at a time.

engine:
  topology:
    type: track
    positions: 24
  players: [white, black]
  plugins:
    backgammon:
      aceyDeucey: true
      gammons: false

Acey-Deucey

Play All 8 Variants

Every Backgammon variant is playable against the AI or another player.

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