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21. May 2004, 19:09:52

Antje

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ok, i forgot which board they were talking about using only one dice and this site doesnt support the real rules of backgammon.. (which board was it that Harley said take it here?) i tried all on my list.. anyway, i hope this is going to be answered.. i just learned this game on this game site, so i didnt know any other rules, so all you gammoners who play by the rules, if ive ever used a dice wrongly, hey, i didnt know!! so now i have a ?

i just played a turn where i was booted to the bar, my turn came up and my dice were a 1 and a 6. the larger of the 2, (the 6) was not a playable number, but i was able to get out on the 1, was that legal by the rules of backgammon, or just something allowed here?

21. May 2004, 19:25:00

grenv

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Subject: Rules

If the larger number is not playable at all, you are allowed to play the smaller.

You are NOT allowed to play ONLY the smaller if you could have moved the larger, or both, some other way.

This rule is NOT supported here, so we are really playing brainkinggammon, rather than backgammon. I understand that it is a bug that was prioritized low, presumably because the owner of the site is not a big proponent of the game?

For the same reason the doubling cube, which is essential to a real game, is not here either.

If backgammon is your main game go to another site.

21. May 2004, 20:57:50

alanback

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Subject: Re: Rules

Grenv is precisely correct. This raises the question whether one who knows the rules should play by them, even when ignoring the rules gives him a better outcome.

I have gone both ways on this question, but lately I have decided to make the "really" correct move, rather than the move that is legal only in "brainkinggammon".