Jacquet

Jacquet: A Brief Overview

Jacquet is a tables game played on a backgammon-like board that was once very popular in France and several other parts of Europe. It emerged around 1800 and gradually replaced the classic French backgammon equivalent, Trictrac, until Jacquet itself was superseded by Anglo-American games in the 1960s.

Key Features of Jacquet:

Board:

Jacquet is played on a backgammon-like board, without a storage strip.

Pieces:

Each player has fifteen pieces, known as men.

Dice:

The game uses two dice for movement.

Movement:

Movement is anticlockwise around the board.The game is popular and significant because it was the benchmark for tables games in France for a long time, gradually superseding Trictrac and remaining popular until the 1960s. Although Jacquet boards are still marketed and rule sets have been published in French board game compendia, the game has largely been replaced by other games.To set up the game, each player starts with fifteen men on the rightmost point of the far side of the board, at diagonally opposite corners from each other. They move in the same direction, counterclockwise, around the board. The object of the game is to move all of your checkers around the board to your own finishing table and bear them off. The first player to bear off all their pieces wins the game.

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