Acey-deucey

[1] Because pieces may be retained in one's opponent's home board, the game offers substantial opportunities for backgame play.

It is most often seen in racing in the United States, where a jockey will slightly lengthen the inside stirrup to gain better balance on turns, all of which are left-handed in America.

[4] The equipment needed for acey-deucey comprises a tables board, 15 pieces per player, called men or stones, and two dice.

[3] One strategy in the game is to keep one man, called "Oscar", off the board until it is needed for defensive purposes.

[5] Variants of the above rules exist that make the game more restrictive:[citation needed] Acey-deucey is often mentioned in the book series The Corps by W.E.B.

Griffin which is set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, and follows the lives of a group of marines in special service.