Here is the starting position of Acey-Deucey with a 1-2 as a sample roll: All 15 checkers start off the board. One die is tossed by each player to see who rolls first and the player with the higher number then tosses both dice to start the game.

Here is the starting position of Acey-Deucey with a 1-2 as a sample roll: All 15 checkers start off the board. One die is tossed by each player to see who rolls first and the player with the higher number then tosses both dice to start the game.

Strategy: Because the roll of 1-2 is so powerful, luck plays a greater part in acey-deucey than in regular backgammon. You are never completely out of a game. You are never completely out of a game. On the other hand, since you start with fifteen men back