I have a large file of misplayed doubles. Did the creators of backgammon double the values for duplets to reward us or torture us?
Bob
XGID=---B-bC-BaaBbB---c-cC--c-A:0:0:1:33:0:0:0:5:10
Score is X:0 O:0 5 pt.(s) match.
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X O | | O X O |
| X O | | O X O |
| O | | O X O |
| | | |
| | X | |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | X |
| O X X | | X O X |
| O X O O X | | X O X |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 173 O: 145 X-O: 0-0/5
Cube: 1
X to play 33
I have a large file of misplayed doubles. Did the creators of backgammon double the values for duplets to reward us or torture us?I have this vestigial '70s era habit of leaving blots when the safe play is ugly. With 4 checkers in O's inner board this time, I felt like playing safe with a view to winning the race was wrong-headed, that there would be all kinds of contact and the
Bob
XGID=---B-bC-BaaBbB---c-cC--c-A:0:0:1:33:0:0:0:5:10
Score is X:0 O:0 5 pt.(s) match.
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X O | | O X O |
| X O | | O X O |
| O | | O X O |
| | | |
| | X | |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | X |
| O X X | | X O X |
| O X O O X | | X O X |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 173 O: 145 X-O: 0-0/5
Cube: 1
X to play 33
I have a large file of misplayed doubles. Did the creators of backgammon double the values for duplets to reward us or torture us?
On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 7:41:04 PM UTC+1, Robert Zimmerman wrote:There was a run on the hoofed animal talus market when backgammon became a country club fad in Persia around 2700 BCE. So people agreed to play with two dice instead of four to preserve the milk supply. But to honor tradition, doubles were doubled.
I have a large file of misplayed doubles. Did the creators of backgammon double the values for duplets to reward us or torture us?Neither, they did this to make Axel's Isight racing algorithm work.
I'm sure this algorithm doesn't work at all if you change the rules
so that doubles are played just like non-doubles.
Paul
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