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Get rid of the XG Opening Book?

Posted By: Taper_Mike
Date: Friday, 14 November 2014, at 1:42 a.m.

In Response To: Get rid of the XG Opening Book? (Mike Clapsadle)

I was just pointing out that it seems unnecessarily complex, for something that was intended to help simplify.

Touché!

Actually, you can learn the basics of Nactation just by reading the first 10 or 12 pages of the Nactation guide. Even that is easier than is sounds. Each page has two board diagrams, so there is not much reading involved.

Nactation can get tricky when doublets are involved. That's because as many as four checkers can be moved in a multitude of ways. For Nactation novices, that's the time to choose a letter you think is close, and put a dot after it to indicate "assumptive Nactation," i.e., you intend the obvious best play.

Mike

Messages In This Thread

• Nactation help
  David Rockwell -- Thursday, 13 November 2014, at 1:25 a.m.
  • Nactation – Algorithm for the Hit Convention
    Taper_Mike -- Thursday, 13 November 2014, at 5:41 a.m.
    • Correction – 8/5(2) should be 8/3(2)
      Taper_Mike -- Thursday, 13 November 2014, at 5:49 a.m.
    • Nactation – Algorithm for the Hit Convention
      Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 19 November 2014, at 10:23 p.m.
      • Nactation – Algorithm for the Hit Convention
        David Rockwell -- Wednesday, 19 November 2014, at 11:09 p.m.
      • Nactation – 43D-65R-55
        Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 20 November 2014, at 3:50 a.m.
  • make it as simple as possible but not simpler
    rambiz -- Thursday, 13 November 2014, at 8:38 a.m.
    • make it as simple as possible but not simpler
      Mike Clapsadle -- Thursday, 13 November 2014, at 5:22 p.m.
      • Get rid of the XG Opening Book?
        Taper_Mike -- Thursday, 13 November 2014, at 9:31 p.m.
        • Get rid of the XG Opening Book?
          Mike Clapsadle -- Friday, 14 November 2014, at 12:12 a.m.
          • Get rid of the XG Opening Book?
            Taper_Mike -- Friday, 14 November 2014, at 1:42 a.m.
            • Get rid of the XG Opening Book?
              Mike Clapsadle -- Friday, 14 November 2014, at 2:50 a.m.
      • make it as simple as possible but not simpler
        Michael Petch -- Thursday, 13 November 2014, at 11:45 p.m.
    • make it as simple as possible but not simpler
      Casper Van der Tak -- Friday, 14 November 2014, at 12:17 a.m.
    • make it as simple as possible but not simpler
      eXtreme Gammon -- Friday, 14 November 2014, at 4:27 a.m.