What is snake?
Snake is an asymmetric game, and a lot of the fun is trying to figure out which side has the advantage. White starts with his fifteen checkers set up in the normal way. Red starts with nine checkers on the bar, and two checkers on each of White’s one-point, two-point, and three point. The rules are the same as in backgammon but the strategy is quite different because of the unusual nature of Red’s position. You get a lot of practice playing and defending an extreme back game.
