Long Backgammon (Narde)

Long backgammon, the narde played across Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia, starts all fifteen of your sweets on a single point, the head, and sends both players the same way round the board. There is no hitting and no bar: a point with even one of the other side's sweets on it is closed to you, so the game is a race fought with walls.

1. All fifteen of your sweets start on one point, the head (top right). Tap the board to roll two dice, then a sweet and a lit point. We both go the same way round, counter-clockwise, to our home (bottom right).
2. Only one sweet a turn may leave the head (on your very first roll, 6-6, 4-4 or 3-3 lets two go). No hitting: a point with even one of my sweets on it is closed to you, and nobody may wall off six points in a row unless one of the other side's sweets is already past them.
3. Use every die you can. Once all fifteen are home, bear them off; the first to bear off all fifteen wins, and winning before the other side bears off a single one is a mars.

The rules here are the classic long ones. One sweet a turn may leave the head, except on your first roll, when 6-6, 4-4 or 3-3 lets two go. Doubles play four times, and you must use every die you can (the larger one when only one fits). You may not build six points in a row unless at least one of the other side's sweets is already past them. Bring all fifteen into your home and bear them off: the first to bear off all fifteen wins, and winning before the other side bears off a single one is a mars. Play Mocha, the computer, or send a friend a link; the server rolls the dice and checks every move.

Full rules and strategy: Backgammon