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Strategy 4 & 3's opening moves

4 & 3

Lots of moves

  1. Play 4 & 3 at the top to give you leverage to get out
  2. 4 & 3 down the bottom to allow you the access to gain doors
  3. Generally the best option is to move 4 across top and 3 down
  4. 4 & 3 you can move your peace to your home. This move is very defensive.

    1. 24 to 21 & 24 to 20
    2. 13 to 10 & 13 to 9
    3. 24 to 20 & 13 to 10
    4. 13 to 6
      5.

4 & 2

Good dice

  1. 4 & 2 down to get the door. This is a great door to trap opponent

    1. 8 to 4 & 6 to 4
      2.
4 & 1

  1. Play 4 & 1 down for a defensive move (1 checker movement)
  2. Play 4 & 1 across to allow you easier access to get out and to allow you to get higher doors.
  3. Play 4 down and 1 across to allow you to gain doors.

    1. 13 to 8
    2. 24 to 20 & 24 to 23
    3. 13 to 9 & 24 to 23
      4.
3 & 1

There is only 1 move. This is also a great door

  1. 3 and 1 down creating a door. This is one of the best doors

    1. 8 to 5 & 6 to 5
      2.
3& 2

This is a moderate dice

  1. 3 & 2 across at top. This move allows you to escape from opponents home.
  2. 3 & 2 across at bottom. Allows you to create doors next turn.
  3. 2 down and 3 across. Best move to attack both sides. This allows you to create door in your home and opponents.
  4. Play safe to bottom door 3 & 2

    1. 24 to 22 & 24 to 21
    2. 13 to 11 & 13 to 10
    3. 24 to 21 & 13 to 11
    4. 13 to 8
      5.
2 & 1

This is the worse dice you can get

  1. Play the checker 2 down and the 1 across. Allows you more options for next go
  2. Play the 2 & 1 across.
  3. Play the 2 & 1 down

    1. 13 to 11 & 24 to 23
    2. 24 to 23 & 24 to 22
    3. 13 to 10
      4.
Doubles : With doubles you can move four times with a checker.

Here are the doubles

1 & 1

  1. Play 2 across 1 to capture the end spot so they cant play play the 6 and also play two down from the following roll.

    1. 2 checkers from 8 to 7 & 2 checkers from 6 to 5
      2.
2 & 2

  1. Play 2 checkers down and 2 checkers down inside
  2. Play 2 checkers all the way to the end

    1. 2 checkers from 13 to 11
    2. 2 checkers from 24 to 20
      3.
3 & 3

  1. Play 2 checkers down blocking opponent from playing 6
  2. Play 2 checkers across to get out of white’s home refraining whites from closing you in.

    1. 2 checkers from 13 to 7
    2. 2 checkers from 24 to 18
      3.
4 & 4

  1. Play 2 checkers out of whites home
  2. Play checkers into home

    1. 2 checkers from 24 to 16
    2. 2 checkers from 13 to 5
      3.
5 & 5

  1. Two checkers into your home


    1. 2 checkers from 13 to 3
      2.
6 & 6

  1. Two checkers out of opponents home and two blocking opponent from leaving on 6.

    1. 2 checkers from 24 to 18 & 2 checkers from 13 to 7
      2.
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