refers to two different forms of Japanese board game, one similar to western backgammon and the other similar to western Snakes and ladders. Sugoroku plays identically to backgammon (it even has the same starting position), except for the following differences: Doubles aren't special. If a player rolls doubles, each die still counts only once. There's no "bearing off". The goal's to move all of one's men to within the last six spaces of the board. There's no doubling cube. It isn't permitte… (More on Sugoroku)