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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
 
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