The starting position.Plakoto setup — starting position

Play plakoto online

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A different match up to 1 point up to 3 points up to 5 points up to 7 points up to 11 points change

Match length

If you play the computer

BOT Easyfor starting out, makes mistakes on purpose BOT Mediumstill slips, but rarely BOT Hardalmost always plays the best move BOT Mastershows no mercy

Mahbusa
Плакото
Πλακωτό
Тапа
المحبوسة

Like backgammon, except nothing is hit: your checker sits on top of a lone enemy one and pins it until you move away — which is why there is no bar.

5 matches are being played right now. 5 of them have a computer in them. Watch the computers play this game

What is different here

Instead of hitting, you sit on the opposing checker and trap it.
No bar: a pinned checker stays exactly where it is.
Pinning the last checker on its starting point all but decides the game.

The full rules of Plakoto

Play the computer

BOT Easy · 3 points · for starting out, makes mistakes on purpose
BOT Medium · 3 points · still slips, but rarely
BOT Hard · 3 points · almost always plays the best move
BOT Master · 3 points · shows no mercy

Computer games are never rated, and nobody ever plays a computer without choosing one.