Forum Archive : Propositions

No ones From:   Murat Kalinyaprak Address:   murat@compuplus.net Date:   24 October 2002 Subject:   Re: n-point matches, why is n usually odd? Forum:   rec.games.backgammon Google:   3db7b14d@post.newsfeed.com I had once mentioned a variation where one of the players doesn't get to play the 1's he rolls, for example. A very simple variation as far as rules go. One player plays his rolls normally but the other player can't play any 1's that he rolls and instead his opponent gets to play them. If he rolls a 5-1, for example, he plays the 5 and his opponent plays the 1. If he rolls a 1-1, he doesn't get to play anything but his opponent gets t play the 1-1... Obviously, the player who can't play the 1's is at an enormous disadvantage and the other player will offer some unequal odds or spot him some points... A common practice is to play a 7-point match starting at 6-0 in favor of the player who can't play the 1's... MK   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Propositions

Choose roll vs. double roll  (Larry Deckel, Jan 1997) 

Choose roll vs. double-roll  (Rafy Marootians+, Mar 1994) 

Eight checkers vs. fifteen  (Raccoon, Feb 2006) 

Fifteen on the bar  (Pete+, Nov 2002) 

Monte Carlo 1998  (Daniel Murphy, Feb 2006) 

No ones  (Murat Kalinyaprak, Oct 2002) 

Opening 11 vs. Owning the cube  (Bob Ebbeler+, Aug 1999) 

Tino Road Position  (Arthur+, Apr 2005) 

Up in the air  (Daniel Murphy, Feb 2006) 

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