| Below are my solutions to the quiz. Three weeks ago, I'd have been baffled! Mike
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| Nactation | Traditional Notation | Note |
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| A (Attack) | 8/4, 6/4 | By the Hit Convention: most points in home board overrides hitting. |
| a (Attack) | 8/2* | After that, hitting still counts. It may seems that there are two ways to hit, 8/4 4/2* and 8/6 6/2*, but they are the same play. |
| C (Cross) | 24/22, 8/4 | By the Most Points Convention |
| c (Cross) | 24/20, 8/6 | This is the only other member of the C (Cross) family. |
| E (Each) | 24/20, 6/4 | By the Hit Convention: most points in home board overrides hitting. |
| e (Each) | 24/20, 4/2* | After that, hitting still counts. There are two ways to hit: 24/20 4/2* and 24/22 6/2*. Both leave an inside blot on the 2pt. The tie is resolved by checking the destination of the blot in the rear. Closer to the 6pt is better. |
| I (Inside) | 6/4, 6/2* | By the Hit Convention: owning the most points requires making either the 4pt or the 2pt (but the Hit Convention does not prefer one over the other). After making a point, if hitting is still an option, it is favored. There are two plays that do both: 6/4 6/2* and 6/2* 4/2. By the owned points sub-convention of the 6pt Convention, the former gets the capital letter. |
| i (Inside) | 6/2*, 4/2 | And the latter gets a lower case letter. |
| N (Near) | 13/9, 6/4 | By the Hit Convention: most points in home board overrides hitting. |
| n (Near) | 13/11, 6/2* | After that, hitting still counts. There are two ways to hit: 13/11 6/2* and 13/9 4/2*. Both leave an inside blot on the 2pt. The tie is resolved by checking the destination of the blot in the outer board. Farther away from the 6pt is better. |
| O (Outer) | 8/4, 13/11 | By the Most Points Convention |
| o (Outer) | 8/6, 13/9 | This is the only other member of the O (Outer) family. |