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How to Play Gammon on the Chexagon Board

OBECTIVE: 

Each player after rolling the 8 sided dice will use one math factor either addition, subtraction, division or multiplication to remove  their checkers from the board. The player to remove all 15  checkers from the board first wins!

​​GAME INSTRUCTIONS: 

Players alternate turns rolling the 8 sided dice.

With each roll the player move one or more checkers off the board or to a  better positions on the board before finally removing from the checker from board. 

The roll of the dice tells the player what to do. With each roll there are six options:

1. MOVE BY NUMBER RECOGNITION- 

Whatever the number is on each dice will be the checker removed from the same exact numbered diamond. If the dice roll is the #3 and the #7, the the checker on diamond numbered 3 is removed and the checker on diamond numbered 7 is removed from the board. 

 

2. MOVE BY ADDITION- 

The number on each dice is added, and the checker on the same exact numbered diamond that equals the number from the added dice should be removed from the board. 

If the dice roll is the #1 and the #4 and you add them together, the equal 5. The the checker on diamond numbered 5 is removed from the board.  

3. MOVE BY SUBTRACTION-

4. MOVE BY MULTIPLICATION- 

5. MOVE BY DIVISION-

6. MOVE BY COMBINATION- 

7. MOVE TO OPEN SPACE-

8. MOVE BY DOUBLES- 

The Checkerboard for the 21st Century

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