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Pocket-Monkey offers lots of different games to play. Click any of the links below to see that game's description, rules, and instructions for play.

Name	Description
Backgammon	Skill, luck, and a race to the other side -- single game
Backgammon Match 5	Five-point match with doubling cube and Crawford round
Backgammon Match 9	Nine-point match with doubling cube and Crawford round
Backgammon Match 21	21-point match with doubling cube and Crawford round
Nackgammon	Backgammon with a different, more defensive, layout
HyperGammon	Backgammon with just three pieces, all in your opponent's court
LongGammon	Backgammon where all of your pieces start far away from you
BG Match 5 - No Cube	Five-point match, classic-style (no doubling)
BG Match 9 - No Cube	Nine-point match, classic-style (no doubling)
BG Match 21 - No Cube	21-point match, classic-style (no doubling)
Checkers	Also known as Draughts
Kings	Checkers played with all kings
Kings Corners	Kings played from the corners
Kings Corners 6	Kings played from the corners, six men per side
Anti-Checkers	Checkers where you try to get all your pieces captured
Anti-Checkers Standoff	Anti-Checkers starting with only two rows of pieces instead of three
Chess	The classic game of strategy
Four-In-A-Row	Drop your pieces to get four in a row
Gomoku	Japanese game, with the goal of getting exactly 5 in a row
Gomoku - Connect6	Variant of Gomoku with two stones per turn, get exactly 6 in a row
Pente	Modern variant of Gomoku including captures
Pro Pente	Pente with a restriction on Player 1's second move
Keryo-Pente	Pente with more capturing
Pro Keryo-Pente	Keryo-Pente with a restriction on Player 1's second move
Halma	The classic strategic jumping board game
Mill	Also known as Merels and Nine Men's Morris, among others
RadarWar	The classic board game of war at sea (one shot per turn)
RadarWar Salvo	Like RadarWar, but you get one shot for each ship
Reversi	PocketMonkey's implementation of a classic
Anti-Reversi	Like Reversi, but the goal is to get the lowest score
Strategy	Armies battle to capture the other's flag. Similar to Stratego®
Tic-Tac-Toe	The simplest game on earth