Backgammon
Two players, two dice, and no hiding place.
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What it is
The full game for two: hitting, the bar, doubles played four, and an exact race home.
How it plays
- 1
Roll two dice and move two of your fifteen checkers that far around the board.
- 2
A lone checker can be hit and sent back to the bar, and has to re-enter before you move anything else.
- 3
Bear every checker off once they are all home. Doubles are played four times.
The details
- Players
- 2 players. The host can set the number in advance, or leave it open and close the door once everyone has arrived.
- How long
- About an evening of playing. The session itself lasts as long as the host sets, from an hour to a week, so nobody has to be at their phone at the same time.
- Kind of game
- Board games
- Suitable for
- Anyone. Nothing in it that anybody needs to be warned about.
- What is kept
- Everything written in a session is encrypted, and the whole session is deleted when it ends. What that means.