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32D-51$-31H-31X-62

Posted By: Taper_Mike
Date: Friday, 16 December 2011, at 8:28 p.m.

In Response To: 32D-51$-31H-31X-62 (Nack Ballard)

Happy to oblige. You “slot” by moving a checker down, and putting it (or another checker) onto a vacant offensive point. Two points are worth noting: When a slotting play uses only part of a roll, the remainder must be played “down” (unless it is used to enter from the bar). “Down” means a move made to or within the outer board. The checker must land in the outer board on the near side, but can be moved from any point in either outer board. Hitting loose is not the same thing as slotting. Slotting means placing a blot on an empty point. The only hits that occur in slotting plays are the incidental hits made in the outer board when playing down, or in the opponent's home board when a checker is entered from the bar. Ranking rules for slotting plays are a little different than the Hit/Most/Six Rule. Here are the slotting rules: Slot 5pt or 4pt Most Points Unstack the taller point Order of preference for slotted point: 5pt, 4pt, then 7pt, 3pt, 2pt, 1pt In addition to these, Nack acknowleges in his post from November 2011 that, “the [6pt Convention] does apply as a tie-breaker in the outer board, but it arises so seldom that I didn't append it as a fifth rule.” 32D-51$-31H-31X-62 Position ID: 0HnwADLgc8oBUA Match ID: cAkZAAAAAAAA In the position above, Blue must use his 2 to enter from the bar, and then can slot any of four different points using the 6. Rule 1 gives priority to those plays that slot the 4pt or 5pt, but does give precedence to either. By Rule 1, then, the top two positions in the family are going to be assigned to bar/23 10/4 and bar/23 11/5. To decide which ranks first, we skip over Rules 2 and 3 (they are inapplicable), finally applying Rule 4. To rank the other two plays, first note that they are tied by Rule 3. Both “unstack” a point containing three checkers. Thus it is Rule 4, once again, that determines the final ranking.

$ (Slot) and % (Alternate slot) Family

Traditional Notation	Hits on These Points (more is better) (higher is better)	Owned Points Not Held by All Members in Family (more is better) (closer to 6pt is better)	Blot and Spare Destinations (closer to 6pt is better) (outer board: farther is better)	Nactation
bar/23, 11/5			5pt* 23pt	$
bar/23, 10/4			4pt* 23pt	%
bar/23, 13/7			7pt* 23pt	$
bar/23, 8/2			2pt* 23pt	%

^*This is the deciding criterion.

Because a checker must be entered from the bar in this position, the plays and rankings in the W (Wild) family are identical to those of the $ (Slot) family.

W (Wild) Family

Traditional Notation	Hits on These Points (more is better) (higher is better)	Owned Points Not Held by All Members in Family (more is better) (closer to 6pt is better)	Blot and Spare Destinations (closer to 6pt is better) (outer board: farther is better)	Nactation
bar/23, 11/5			5pt* 23pt	W
bar/23, 10/4			4pt* 23pt	w
bar/23, 13/7			7pt* 23pt	W
bar/23, 8/2			2pt* 23pt	w

^*This is the deciding criterion.

Mike

Messages In This Thread

• Duplication?
  Carlo Melzi -- Thursday, 15 December 2011, at 2:02 p.m.
  • Nactation
    Carlo Melzi -- Thursday, 15 December 2011, at 2:19 p.m.
    • Nactation
      Stick -- Thursday, 15 December 2011, at 3:59 p.m.
      • Nactation of 32D-51$-31H-31
        Nack Ballard -- Friday, 16 December 2011, at 12:56 a.m.
  • Duplication?
    pontiac -- Thursday, 15 December 2011, at 2:56 p.m.
  • 32D-51$-31H-31X-62
    Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 15 December 2011, at 5:56 p.m.
    • 32D-51$-31H-31X-62
      Taper_Mike -- Friday, 16 December 2011, at 8:28 p.m.
      • 32D-51$-31H-31X-62
        Taper_Mike -- Friday, 16 December 2011, at 9:08 p.m.
        • 32D-51$-31H-31X-62
          Taper_Mike -- Friday, 16 December 2011, at 9:53 p.m.
      • Flexibility of style letters
        Nack Ballard -- Friday, 16 December 2011, at 10:12 p.m.