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Some thoughts about retrograde backgammon

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Monday, 16 June 2014, at 3:24 p.m.

In Response To: Some thoughts about retrograde backgammon (Stein Kulseth)





White is Player 2

score: 0
pip: 124
Unlimited Game
Jacoby Beaver
pip: 154
score: 0

Blue is Player 1
XGID=----DBC-----bC-bbbbe---AB-:0:0:1:00:0:0:3:0:10

Stein's retro-puzzle:
Reach in 6 rolls (two solutions)


I found another solution (as I was falling asleep last night!), which I'm guessing is your intended one. Cute. So as not to completely give it away to others: Blue's first two rolls are the same, right?

It's unfortunate that a second solution exists, the one I found ending with 63 (verified). I'll let you look for it until you say otherwise.

Nack

P.S. An unrelated oddity: What's going on with the pipcount in your original diagram?

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