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Is this a legal move?

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07-10-2015 , 11:39 AM

mwepspam

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Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 1

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I'm blue and I roll a 6 and 3.
My dad thinks i must move the left piece 6 and then take a piece off the board (he is happy with this as he has a chance to take me).
Instead I moved the left piece 3, and then took it off the board with 6, leaving my pieces safe. I don't see why this is not a legal move since I can move both pieces, but he disagrees? Who is right?

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07-10-2015 , 11:53 AM

Robertie

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Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,954

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Originally Posted by mwepspam

You are. The rule is that you must move both parts of your roll if you can; otherwise you must move the higher number. You played a legal 3, and in the resulting position you played a legal 6.

It doesn't matter that you didn't use all the pips to which you were entitled. All that matters was that each part of your roll was played legally.

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