Nackgammon introduction

Nacgkammon is one of most popular backgammon variants of all the dozens of variants played all over the world. It was invented by Nack Ballard, one of the great modern backgammon players.

In Nackgammon both players place two additional back checkers on their 2-points; one checker is taken from the mid-point and one from the 6-point. This creates a very interesting setting for the game because both players have four back checkers instead of the usual two. As a result priming games and back games are the core of Nackgammon and the games also tend to be clearly longer than regular Backgammon games.

Nackgammon starting position.

The doubling cube and the Jacoby rule are used in Nackgammon. The rest of the rules are identical to those in Backgammon.

Nackgammon is regarded as a highly strategic backgammon variant - a real thinker’s game. It’ll require a good knowledge of doubling cube strategy, priming and back games as well as holding games. We certainly recommend that you give it a go, it’ll only make you a better backgammon player. Many players like to play one Nackgammon game for every ten backgammon games. If you too follow this regimen you just may find out that you are making more wiser decisions in critical situations than before.