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Acey-Deucy Rules:

  1. All checkers begin OFF the board.
  2. Checkers enter, move, hit, and bearoff as in backgammon, except you may move a checker even if one or more have not yet been brought in yet. (One strategy: keep the 15th checker in reserve until a shot opens.)
  3. If you roll acey-deucy (1-2), you play a 1-2, then play ANY double you wish, then roll again.
  4. If the bonus roll is acey-deucy, repeat Step 4.
  5. All other rules are the same as backgammon.

For game strategies, see Jacoby & Crawford's The Backgammon Book, pp 211-212.