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[Wamy Einehouse]

Originally Posted by RealNick

Not 100% sure but I think it's called acey-ducey.

Nah its def not acey-ducey. Can hit in that as well as play two from the stack in a turn (and the 2-1 roll is wild).

[higonefive]

That is Nardi/Longbackgammon, played in Armenia, Georgiea, Kasachstan and in Aserbaidschan.

[Bjornar]

Originally Posted by higonefive

That is Nardi/Longbackgammon, played in Armenia, Georgiea, Kasachstan and in Aserbaidschan.

Ive now heard of a new form of backgammon.

Also wanted to comment you managed to misspell every countries name except Armenia.

[donkeykong2]

hehe, that s the german way of writing these countries except for georgia that would be georgien.

[TomCowley]

Won a match to 11 in 3 games with 3 backgammons. The last one was a standard desperation backgammon, but I'm not sure I've ever even backgammoned 2 non-desperation games in a row before.

[Wamy Einehouse]

Originally Posted by TomCowley

Won a match to 11 in 3 games with 3 backgammons. The last one was a standard desperation backgammon, but I'm not sure I've ever even backgammoned 2 non-desperation games in a row before.

lol so sick. WP sir.

[uberkuber]

Originally Posted by TomCowley

Won a match to 11 in 3 games with 3 backgammons. The last one was a standard desperation backgammon, but I'm not sure I've ever even backgammoned 2 non-desperation games in a row before.

Was it against your grandmother, a bot or someone decent in between?

[Bjornar]

Originally Posted by TomCowley

Won a match to 11 in 3 games with 3 backgammons. The last one was a standard desperation backgammon, but I'm not sure I've ever even backgammoned 2 non-desperation games in a row before.

OMG? Thats one for the record books!

[Wamy Einehouse]

Just got back from Turkey where out of the blue saw a small shop selling backgammon accessories and found some really nice heavy plastic checkers to replace the terrible wooden ones I got with my arabic wooden board many moons ago:



Still makes a hell of a racket every roll of the dice but there is something very satisfying about the heavy clacking of wood on thick, dense plastic which is keeping me smiling so far

[BradH]

Originally Posted by Wamy Einehouse

Nah its def not acey-ducey. Can hit in that as well as play two from the stack in a turn (and the 2-1 roll is wild).

Acey-Ducey is one of the most brutal games in the world. I play similar to the Euro varient.

I used to play with my HS science teacher every day and he would always win. I literally won one game a year, for four years.

Went back recently to give a talk to current students (about my work), and hunted him down for a rematch. Me thinking I'm hot stuff, and yet he completely owns me.

He had me on the bar, about to gammon me, one of his pips left on the board. I roll the miracle double to both hit him and get off the bar. I make an end run, and get down to MY last pip... when he hits HIS miracle double to knock me off and win in one fell swoop.

[Wamy Einehouse]

Originally Posted by BradH

Acey-Ducey is one of the most brutal games in the world. I play similar to the Euro varient.

I used to play with my HS science teacher every day and he would always win. I literally won one game a year, for four years.

Went back recently to give a talk to current students (about my work), and hunted him down for a rematch. Me thinking I'm hot stuff, and yet he completely owns me.

He had me on the bar, about to gammon me, one of his pips left on the board. I roll the miracle double to both hit him and get off the bar. I make an end run, and get down to MY last pip... when he hits HIS miracle double to knock me off and win in one fell swoop.

Yeah its a truly savage game. Can't imagine how bad it would be if the cube got involved for a decent sum - could easily see it getting turned six or seven times a game if not more.

[BradH]

Cube isn't involved for exactly that reason; too much variance. Instead you pay for pips left on the board, which can still be pretty incredible. if it was a cube game few would double/accept because of fear of situations like the above.

[uberkuber]

I guess that because of the incredible swings, dropping a cube would rarely be correct.

[Wamy Einehouse]

Originally Posted by BradH

Cube isn't involved for exactly that reason; too much variance. Instead you pay for pips left on the board, which can still be pretty incredible. if it was a cube game few would double/accept because of fear of situations like the above.

Yeah this is how we score Nardi when I play with the Ukranians with a few subtle variations. Pieces left in first quarter count as one, second quarter two, thrid quarter three and so on. Can be very brutal if you get a six prime built at the right time and really make them waste rolls for long periods.

[TomCowley]

Originally Posted by uberkuber

Was it against your grandmother, a bot or someone decent in between?

GNU of all things. G1 was a doubled blitz where he wound up with 3 in the air and kept fanning at the end. G2 I missed a cube and got in a too-good 1-point game, he had one man left back and hit his shot and left me 3 stacked on the 2. He had a 5-point board with a blot, I decided to wait to double to give myself a shot to luckbox a gammon, and ended up jokering 2 guys on the entry, rolling 55 picking up one more, and then getting the last 2 guys off. G3 was a 1-4 backgame where he never hit a shot, and obviously he never clears the 1-point at 2-away when he gets gammoned ~100%, and I rolled off cleanly for the 3rd.