Murat's Backgammon Page

Backgammon variants tree

Expand and collapse the below branches to explore the variants grouped by 
the direction of play, number of checkers used, starting positions, etc. 	 	 	 

Click on "How to play" links for detailed rules and strategies for each variant.

Click on "Where to play" links for a server offering the variant without having
to create an account, download and install software, etc. (You may find other
servers, as well as bots to play them off-line on your computers and phones).

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Games with players moving in opposite directions
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Games played with fifteen checkers
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  Games starting with all checkers off the board
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  - American Acey-Deucey
    How to play.
    Where to play.
  - European Acey-Deucey
    How to play.
    Where to play.
  - Blocking Game
    How to play.
  - Dutch Backgammon
    How to play.
  - French Backgammon
    How to play.
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Games starting with all checkers on the 1-point
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    - Greek Plakoto, Bulgarian Tapa
      How to play.
      Where to play.
    - Plakoto Express
      How to play.
      Where to play.
    - Greek Acey-Ducey
      How to play.
    - Turkish Gioul
      How to play.
      Where to play.
    - Tawla 31
      How to play.
      Where to play.
    - Cubeful LongGammon
      How to play.
      Where to play.
    - Never Finishing Game
      How to play.
    - Trictrac
      How to play.
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  Games starting with all checkers on the board
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  - Games starting with all checkers in standard setup
    - Cubeful Western Backgammon
      How to play.
      Where to play.
    - Greek Portes
      How to play.
      Where to play.
    - Persian Takhteh, Turkish Tavla
      How to play.
    - Mexican Acey-Ducey
      How to play.
    - Turkish Shesh Besh
      How to play.
    - Cubeful Roll-Over, CancelGammon
      How to play.
    - Cubeful Misere, Backgammon to Lose
      How to play.
    - No Chance Backgammon
      How to play.
    - Domino Backgammon
      How to play.
    - Irish Backgammon
      How to play.
    - Old English Backgammon
      How to play.
    - Poof
      How to play.
  - Games starting with all checkers on various points
    - Cubeful Nackgammon
      How to play.
      Where to play.
    - Snake
      How to play.
    - Fayles
      How to play.
    - Blast Off - Children
      How to play.
    - The Pin Game
      How to play.
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Games played with fewer than fifteen checkers
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  Games starting with all checkers on the board
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  - Cubeful HyperGammon
    How to play.
  - Cubeful HypestGammon
    How to play.
    
    HypestGammon was invented by Murat Kalinyaprak in January 2020,
    as a variant with 0% checker skill and 100% cube skill to fully isolate
    and expose the so-called "cube skill" in gamblegammon variants.
    
    It is played with only one checker per player and rolling a single die.
    Since all checker moves are "forced" and require "zero checker skill",
    only "cube skill" in making doubling decisions effects the outcome.
    
    HypestGammon can be a great tool for teaching the concept of using
    a doubling cube in gamblegammon to beginners, as well as for doing
    experiments to explore how it affects the checker skill and/or the luck
    elements in backgammon. Unfortunately, HypestGammon has not yet
    been implemented as a variant in any existing bots or servers.
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Games with players moving in the same direction 
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Games played with fifteen checkers
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  Games starting with all checkers off the board
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  - Roman Tabula
    How to play.
  - Russian Backgammon
    How to play.
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Games starting with all checkers on the 1-point
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    - Greek Fevga
      How to play.
      Where to play.
    - Gul Bara, Crazy Narde
      How to play.
      Where to play.
    - Turkish Moultezim
      How to play.
      Where to play.
    - Russian Narde
      How to play.
      Where to play.
    - Jacquet
      How to play.
    - Swedish Tables
      How to play.
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  Games starting with checkers on the 1-point and off the board
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  - Tawula, Turkish Backgammon
    How to play.
  - Eureika - Children
    How to play.
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Games played with fewer than fifteen checkers
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  Games starting with checkers on or off the board
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  - Grasshopper
    How to play.
  - Chasing The Girls
    How to play.
  - Doublets
    How to play.
  - Tourne-case
    How to play.
  - Khacapuri, Gruzia
    How to play.
    Where to play.

Please let me know about other variants and websites to play variants;
 also about bad links, misspellings, incomplete or inaccurate info, etc.