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Aside from the most commonly played version of the game exist several variations whether local or widely spread
which make any attempt to reconstitute the history of the modification of the rules used in cojonction with the board
of 24 squares set in two rows of 12 almost impossible. One of the most famous variation is the game of the prisoner called in Greece Plakoto ("Plakoto" comes from the greek verb "plakono" which means to put something on top of something else, in the game to put a checker on top of an opponent's checker) and is played in Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and probably other places.
Rules of play
You put all the checkers at point 1 and 24 equivalently, as shown above As with BG if two or more pieces are in one position they form a barrier, "porta". How ever when there is only one checker in a position it can be "frizzed" by a checker of the opponent. That means, if a white checker say, can be placed on top of a single black checker then until it is removed the black checker can not be removed.Note 1: More than one white checkers, in the example above, can be placed on top as well.
Note 2: The starting positions (1 & 24) are the master positions, "mana". If a single, (the last obviously) checker - the master checker - is caught there by the opponent the game is won as a backgammon.