The Acey Deucey Backgammon Version
In the course of the thousands of years that backgammon has been played, it is hardly surprising that a number of different variants have been developed. One of the most popular of these variants is the game of Acey deucey. The equipment required for Acey deucey is exactly the same as that used in the standard backgammon that is played around the world: the twenty-four points board, fifteen checkers for each player, a pair of dice and a dice cup. There is no use for the doubling cube in Acey deucey.
As in backgammon, the objective of the acey deucey player is to be the bring all his checkers into his home board and then bear them off. Still, there are significant differences between the two games.
The first noticeable diference is during the opening move. In Acey deucey the game commences with each player's checkers off the board. . The speed of the Acey deucey is one of it's main atractions.
In Acey deucey players can any checker they want whenever they want. Even if a player has a checker waiting that he need to bring into the game, he is allowed to go ahead and move a checker already on the board. Also, there is the famous Acey deucey rule from which the game takes its name. When the dice shows one and two, the player can make another four moves for a number of points of their choosing after taking those 1-2 moves. If they happen to throw another Acey-deucey, they get the right again to make an additional four moves.
Over time Acey deucey has developed several sub-versions. For example, there is a Greek sub-version in which a player can actually compel their opponent to hit one of their blots. Another quite-well known sub-version is the Mexican variety of the game that puts a limit of five checkers as the maximum number of checkers that can be put together on one point.
Over the last fifteen years, Acey deucey has joined its better-known standard backgammon cousin as a much enjoyed Internet game. The number of Acey deucey sites is smaller than the number of backgammon sites, There are more Acey deucey sites all the time.
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