A game of mingled chance and skill, played on a board marked with
points, and generally to be found inside the box draughtboard. The
board has twenty-four points, coloured alternately red and blue; the
implements of play are fifteen draught-men on each side, and the
movements of the men are determined by the throw of two dice; each
player being provided with a dice box and dies. It is an elaborate
game to explain on paper, and would occupy too much space to be given
in detail in this work. Those, however, who desire to be fully
informed as to its various intricacies, may consult "Bohn's Handbook
of Games," or the cheaper and more concise treatise by Captain Crawley.