Acey-Deucy Rules for Backgammon Fans
If you're new to the game of Acey-deucy,
the following rules should help get you started playing this simple and
fun version of backgammon. If you're a backgammon enthusiast, you can check
out Acey Deucey and start improving your skills before you take on real
live opponents.
Acey-ducey shares many similarities
with the common game of backgammon. Players begin a game with the same
number of checkers and dice. Two home boards on the backgammon board act
as the destination to which each player wants to bring his checkers before
bearing them off the board altogether.
However, the initial setup of the
checkers differs to that in common backgammon rules. Each player must play
all of his checkers onto the board instead of starting with them on the
board as they do in backgammon. To get checkers onto the board, each player
must roll two die. The aim is to get doubles or Acey-deucey, which is when
the pip count is one and a two. When a player rolls Ace-deucy,
he must move one of his checkers one space and a second checker two spaces.
He then receives another turn and must move double (four times) the amount
of his choice. A player must move all of his checkers onto the board before
he can move those checkers already on the board.
For the purposes of this version
of backgammon, a player must roll again each time he rolls a one and a
two, or when he rolls doubles. However, several other variants of Acey
Deucey exist. One of these stipulates that the player must roll the die
again after making acey deucy and use that number to dictate his doubles.
Another variant says that if the player cannot move the total amount of
doubles after rolling a one and a two, he forfeits his turn.
To make this backgammon game even
more difficult, players must roll an exact amount to bear off each checker.
If you roll a six and a five, you can only move those checkers that are
positioned on your six point and five point, not a checker that is on your
four point. This rule can make for some nail-biting finishes. Despite the
variations acey-deucy offers
on standard backgammon, a player must still be first to remove all of his
checkers from his home board in order to win.
Two commonly played versions of Acey-deucy
exist; one American and the other European. The American version is thought
to have been developed during World War One, where it became popular with
sailors and navy personnel. The European version borrowed many of its rules
from the American version. Both games are played for fun only, unlike the
game of backgammon which is regularly gambled upon. The doubling cube found
in backgammon is redundant in Acey Deucey and there are also no points
awarded for backgammons or gammons. Instead, the game is considered a pure
game of skill due to the difficulties players must face in bearing off
exactly and playing all their checkers onto the board before being allowed
to move them toward their home boards.
Learn all about tavla
and recommended backgammon strategies.
Online backgammon columns
like the above were written by Gene Marshall. Gene Marshall is an online
backgammon pro.
Article Source:
Amazines.Com
