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Posted By: Albert Steg
Date: Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 11:39 p.m.

In Response To: Ethics (Max Levenstein)

I meant to write "Some gamesmanship, along with banter, add spice and variety to the game, but moreso in chouettes, and more among experienced players and near-equals."

(Pesky spellchecker).

I think there's a pretty clear disanalogy between backgammon and poker, as backgammon is a 'complete information' game (I think that's the term). Bluffing and misdirection are essential to the structure of poker, but not backgammon, where nothing about the game-state is hidden from either player. (Things like probabilities and take-point odds may be *unknown* to some players, but they are not hidden.)

albert

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  Brett Meyer -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 4:24 a.m.
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    Stick -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 4:35 a.m.
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      Jake Jacobs -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 5:56 a.m.
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        ChanningW -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 8:38 a.m.
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    Casper Van der Tak -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 6:34 a.m.
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    roadkillbooks -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 8:36 a.m.
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    mamabear -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 11:56 a.m.
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    Stein Kulseth -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 12:28 p.m.
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    Phil Simborg -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 12:58 p.m.
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      Brett Meyer -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 3:59 a.m.
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        ChanningW -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 8:14 a.m.
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      Chuck Bower -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 5:06 p.m.
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        Phil Simborg -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 6:17 p.m.
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          Albert Steg -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 6:38 p.m.
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          Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 12:58 a.m.
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          Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 4:53 p.m.
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            Art Grater -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 8:14 p.m.
          • position of cube --very incorrect chuck
            Phil simborg -- Tuesday, 14 April 2015, at 8:40 a.m.
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        Taper_Mike -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 6:57 p.m.
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          Chuck Bower -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 7:40 p.m.
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            Taper_Mike -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 9:10 p.m.
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              Stick -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 9:40 p.m.
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            Barry Silliman -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 11:42 p.m.
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        Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 12:54 a.m.
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        Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 2:51 a.m.
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          ChanningW -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 8:19 a.m.
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            Colin Owen -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 10:12 a.m.
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              Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 4:32 p.m.
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    Albert Steg -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 1:29 p.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 5:26 p.m.
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    Max Levenstein -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 7:16 p.m.
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      Albert Steg -- Sunday, 5 April 2015, at 11:39 p.m.
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        Fatboy -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 1:23 a.m.
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          Art Grater -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 5:09 a.m.
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    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 6:58 a.m.
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      Albert Steg -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 3:37 p.m.
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      Taper_Mike -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 6:47 p.m.
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        ChanningW -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 7:56 p.m.
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      David Rennie -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 7:14 p.m.
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      Casper Van der Tak -- Monday, 6 April 2015, at 11:33 p.m.