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Objective of the game
The objective of the game is to be the first player
to bring his or her pieces home (2) and then
throw dice to take them out (3) (see illustration).
The first player who succeeds in doing this wins
the game. Captured pieces are placed on the
central line of the board, or bar (1). The pieces
must be moved in the direction of play and there
are certain rules.
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Preparation for the game
Place the pieces in the starting formation (see
illustration).
• White plays from top right anti-clockwise to
bottom right to its home (and then out).
• Black plays clockwise from bottom right to top
right to its home (and then out).
Rules of the game
• First throw the dice to decide who starts. Each
player throws one die. The player with the
higher number starts.
• From now on the two dice are always thrown
together.
• The player can now decide whether he or she
moves the number thrown on the dice using
one or two pieces.
• It is not permitted to move onto fields where
more than one of the opponent’s pieces are
located.
• If the player uses both of the numbers thrown
then it is not permitted to simply add the num-
bers but rather each numbers must be placed
separately and the intermediate stop must be
on a permitted field.
• It principle it can be said that both moves must
be made for both the numbers thrown. Howe-
ver if only one of the numbers can be moved
then the higher number must be used.
• If a player throws a double (the same number
on both dice), then the result is doubled or the
player may move by this number four times –
as possible with one, two, three or four pieces.
• If a piece ends up on a field with only one op-
posing piece then this is captured and placed
on the bar.
• The player who has one or several pieces
on the bar must bring these back into the
game before moving his or her other pieces.
Pieces from the bar are brought into the game
through the opponent’s home – according to
the numbers rolled on the dice to fields 1-6.
Prime
• One possibility to make the game more
difficult for your opponent is to form a prime.
• Several consecutive points are occupied with
at least two pieces each in order to block
them for the opponent.
• If 6 points in a row are occupied then we
speak of a full prime, a completely insurmoun-
table blockade.
