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The game board doesn't have any required size, but on average it is long and wide. A die is about 1 cm³ and is made from ivory or bone. Tiger bone is preferred.
Movement is similar to backgammon according to the throw of the dice; typically two pieces are moved when doubles are thrown, and doubles do not entitle the player to another turn.
''Ssangnyuk'' (hangul
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: 쌍륙, hanja
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: 雙六) is a traditional Korean board game.
Introduction
''Ssangnyuk'' (or Ssang-yuk) is a game for two players using dice; it is most commonly played in winter. It has a game board, 30 horses and 2 dice. It is also called ''ssangnyuk'' (same spelling and sound but different ''hanja'': 雙陸), ''aksak'' (hangul: 악삭, hanja: 握槊), ''sangnyuk'' (상륙, 象陸), and ''ssang-yuk'' (상육, 象陸). The game is similar in structure and play to those of theTables
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The game board doesn't have any required size, but on average it is long and wide. A die is about 1 cm³ and is made from ivory or bone. Tiger bone is preferred.
Movement is similar to backgammon according to the throw of the dice; typically two pieces are moved when doubles are thrown, and doubles do not entitle the player to another turn.
See also
*Backgammon
Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables games, whose ancestors date back nearly 5,000 years to the regions of Mesopotamia and Pe ...
* ban-sugoroku (盤双六) (a Japanese variant of backgammon)
References
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