Subject: Re: The Rules of Backgammon ---Closed Home Base Proposal
Walter Montego: Autopass is not a rule, but a convenience. Naturally during over the board play, a player does not roll when he could not possibly move. In that situation, if we wished to double at any time, he would simply say so before the opponent's next roll. When programming for this siutation, it would be desirable to give the opponent who is shut out the opportunity to double (if that option is available to him under the rules and is meaningful) or to resign. It might be possible to give a player the option of checking a box to forgo those options in a given game or in all games.
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