Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site qubix.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!sun!qubix!lab From: lab@qubix.UUCP (Q-Bick) Newsgroups: net.games Subject: Is this really gammon? Message-ID: <856@qubix.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Feb-84 22:27:32 EST Article-I.D.: qubix.856 Posted: Fri Feb 17 22:27:32 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 10:43:40 EST Organization: Qubix Graphic Systems, Saratoga, CA Lines: 41 Saratoga Slick is back, with a different game and a new bug. Behold: 4.1c BSD backgammon _________________________________________ (folded for clarity) | | | | Game value 2. |13 14 15 16 17 18| |19 20 21 22 23 24| White doubled last. | w | | | rrr | | | | rrr White rolls 5 3 and moves | | | | rrr 18-15,7-2 | | | | rrr Red rolls 6 1. Move: | | | | rrr 24/6,24/1 | |BAR| | Gammon! Red wins 4 points. | | | | ww | | | | ww | | | | ww | | | w| ww | | | w w| www |12 11 10 9 8 7| | 6 5 4 3 2 1| ***Is this REALLY Gammon?*** |_________________|___|_________________| Amusing (only because I won) side note: White had had an 11-0 lead in men cast off. Red had two guys sitting on White's Ace, waiting for a blot. None occurred so Red was forced to consolidate his home table some more. Finally, he could no longer handle the throw in his home table, so one of his back men was moved. White hit the blot on 1, and left another on 2, with two men on 3. Red rolled snake-eyes. White needed 3 turns to get the first guy off the bar. Two turns later, his man still on the bar got some company again, courtesy of a steamrolling Red. Red got double-6 on his next turn, but White still needed several turns to get both men back on. White never got another man off. Once down 0-11, Red won 15-11. "The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings." -- Washington Bullets Coach Dick Motta, when Seattle held a 3-2 in the best-of-7 series (which Washington won 4-3) -- The Ice Floe of the Q-Bick {ucbvax,ihnp4}!{decwrl,amd70}!qubix!lab decwrl!qubix!lab@Berkeley.ARPA