e.g. a double 5 is worth 25, not 20. Every die roll is used, so: The dice rolled to decide the lead are used on the first turn by the player rolling the higher die. If they roll a double, both players move their men and roll again for the lead. If a player cannot play a die, that player plays higher die and the opponent uses the other. If a player cannot utilise either dice, the opponent plays them. If the opponent cannot play the two dice without uncovering a point, he immediately takes the lead and rethrows the second die. Lêchalet (1976) reprints the above rules by Moulidars but calls it Le Jacquet Rapide. Spanish Backgammon Hale describes rules for a variant known as "Spanish Backgammon or Jacquet". The key variation is that, once a player has borne off all 15 men, the opponent is penalised 3 points for every man left in the first table, 2 for every man in the second, and 1 point for every man left in the last table. Footnotes References Literature Faligot, Urbain (2001). Comment jouer au Backgammon, au Jacquet et au Trictrac. 2nd edn. (1st edn. 1998). Fiske, Willard (1905). Chess in Iceland and Icelandic Literature: With Historical Notes on Other Table-Games. Florence: Florentine Typographical Society. Hale, Lucretia Peabody (1888). Fagots for the Fireside: A Collection of More Than One Hundred Entertaining Games for Evenings at Home and Social Parties. Boston: Ticknor. Lebrun, M. (1828), Manuel des jeux de calcul et de hasard, Roret, Gallica, pp. 85-86. Léchalet, Jacques (1987) Le Jacquet, Le Backgammon, Le Tric Trac, Le Solitaire, 2nd edn. (1st edn. 1979), Bornemann. 55 pp. Lhôte, Jean-Marie (1994). Histoire des Jeux de Société. Flammarion. 671 pp. Moulidars, Th. de (1888). Grande Encyclopédie Méthodique, Universelle, Illustrée des Jeux et des Divertissements de L'Esprit et du Corps. Paris. Parlett, David (1999). The Oxford History of Board Games. Oxford: OUP, pp. 75–76 and 86. External links Jacquet rules at Backgammon Galore! Le jeu de Jacquet - early rules at Le Salon des Jeux. Le Jacquet rules and variations at loisirs.savoir.fr. Tables games French board games