Hypergammon

Hypergammon is a variant of backgammon developed by Hugh Sconyer.

The rules of hypergammon are identical to backgammon, except that you play with only three checkers (the other twelve remain out of play in the tray). Each player starts with three checkers on their respective 24, 23, and 22 points.

[Hypergammon Board]

Hypergammon is an exciting, fast (and addictive) game. With only three checkers, strategies are much different than normal backgammon. One good strategy is to stack two checkers as far forward as you can, making a safe point from which to advance.

To play a hypergammon match, choose "Hypergammon" from the popup menu in the Match section of the Invite window.

GridGammon holds frequent hypergammon tournaments, or you can play hypergammon against the "MrHyperBot", Hugh Sconyer's hyperbot robot player (only GridGammon members may play the robots). If you have cash account, you can even play MrHyperBot for small stakes.