Definitions for Uckers
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1. Uckersnoun

   A board game traditionally played in various Commonwealth navies, similar to Ludo.

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1. Uckers

   Uckers is a board game for two to four players traditionally played in the Royal Navy. It has spread to many of the other arms of the UK Armed Forces as well, including the Commonwealth Forces. It can now commonly be found in the Royal Marines, Army Air Corps, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Royal Dutch Navy, and the Royal Air Force (RAF). It is similar to the board game Ludo and is based on the same principles: getting four pieces around the board before the opposition. The goal of Uckers is to get all player pieces home before the opponent does. Even greater glory is attached to achieving all pieces home without the opponent getting any home at all—this is known as an 8 piecer. The ultimate win is when the player gets all their pieces home and the opponent has all their pieces still in the base—this is called an 8 piece in harbour, or an eight-piece dicking and merits the unfortunate player's name to be recorded on the reverse of the board.

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1. Uckers

   Uckers is a two- or four-player board game traditionally played in the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Air Force. It is believed to originate in the 18th/19th centuries from the Indian game Pachisi although the first reference to it in print does not appear until 1946. It is mentioned in a diary by EJF Records in 1937 as Huckers. Uckers is generally played using the rules stated below, but they vary from one branch of the Royal Navy to another. It is also played in units of the Army Air Corps where it was introduced by aircraft technicians on loan from the Fleet Air Arm in the late 1950s/early 1960s. Uckers boards can also be found in every Royal Air Force Squadron crewroom, where the game is an integral part of crewroom life, especially with the Aircraft Technicians. In addition to the units services, units mentioned, uckers was also played by units in the Royal Artillery, particularly meteorologists. It is similar to the board game Ludo and is based on the same principles; getting four player pieces around the board before the opposition. However, the whole point of Uckers, and this may vary according to personal preferences, is to get all player pieces home without the opponent getting any home at all—this is known as an 8 piecer. The ultimate win is when the player gets all their pieces home and the opponent has all their pieces still in the base—this is called an 8 piece in harbour, or an eight-piece dicking.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Uckers in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Uckers in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uckers
3. ^ Wikidata
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