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Nackgammon Shuffle

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Tuesday, 27 September 2011, at 5:40 p.m.

In Response To: Nackgammon Shuffle (Timothy Chow)

I like the concept of NGS!

Following the analogy of chess, where the term "shuffle chess" or "Fischer random chess" is gradually being usurped by the term "Chess960," I wonder if your subvariants could be named "Nackgammon150" and "Nackgammon450" instead (assuming I've counted correctly!).

For aesthetic reasons, I'd like to retain the general name of NGS (NackGammon Shuffle), but yes, its specific subvariants could be labeled as you suggest, by the number of legal starting positions (similar to the way Chess960 refers to 960 starting positions). That would make the subvariants "NG300" and "NG900" (or "NG3" and "NG9" for short) unless I've double-counted somewhere.

To determine a starting position for NG3 without the aid of a computer program:

Roll two different-colored dice, one color determining one of the six points in your outer board, and the other color determining one of the six points in Opp's outer board. (If you get a doublet, reroll.) Then pull a random bill from your wallet and use the final digit of the serial number to determine the location of the anchors (1 means 24pt + 23pt, 2 means 24pt + 22pt, etc.) [Or each player produce a bill and sum the final digits.]

For NG9, adopt the same procedure, except that before determining the placement of the anchors, roll a single die where 1 or 6 means the 6pt, 2 or 5 means the 5pt, and 3 or 4 means the 4pt.

Nack

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