Understanding variation in Chouette rules

Chouette is a version of the backgammon game and like backgammon Chouette has a large amount of variables that can come into play. These variants can be geographical or just preferential choice. Therefore they should always be discussed and agreed upon before a Chouette game starts. This will ensure that all players are at an equal starting position and will prevent the possibility of any unfair disadvantages once play has begun.

However, Chouette is always for multiple players. Again this can vary as there are versions that allow two games to be played simultaneously with all players involved in both Chouette game at the same time. This can allow for even up to 17 players, but this version is rare. The minimum number of players required is always three as otherwise it would just be a backgammon game. All Chouette rules require the same players; a box, a captain and a field. The equipment is always the same and in all instance the box plays against the rest of the players in the Chouette game.

Beyond this there are no universal Chouette rules and so this makes the game a difficult choice for the beginners. For instance, the Chouette game can be played with single of multiple cubes. This affects the Chouette rules that can be applied. The box can choose to take a partner, the team may be able to consult, and beavers may be made mandatory.

The lack of uniformity is part of the attraction of Chouette. It is a skilled and fast paced sociable version of the original backgammon game. Any novice Chouette player would be well advised to learn backgammon first so that the basic can be first understood and the Chouette rules and variants learnt later.