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playing doubles partner in tournament play

Posted By: Stick
Date: Wednesday, 16 May 2012, at 5:09 a.m.

In Response To: playing doubles partner in tournament play (steve)

I don't know of any place that spells out doubles rules. Here is what you need to know.

  • You can discuss all moves and decisions with your doubles partner. Obviously you should do that mostly on your turn and not talk when it's the other teams turn/decision.

  • Only the individual sitting at the board and doing the rolling is allowed to touch the pieces or make a move. Do not move back pieces or anything if you are not playing. It's both illegal and bad form. If your opponents do this alert them to it immediately and tell them in a nice way it is unacceptable. This happens more often than one would think. It is very tough and distracting to keep track of where the checkers are if you have two different people moving them.

  • In accordance with the above, the final say goes to the player rolling the dice. If he wants to make the worst play in the world ultimately you can do nothing about it except sit there bitch, plead, and beg that he doesn't. This is one reason why it's important to have a good partner.

  • Nobody has to play. One person can roll the entire match, you can switch every game, doesn't matter. You can not switch in the middle of a game.

I think those are the biggest things you need to know. Any other specific questions fire away. You are allowed to discuss with your partner in another language if that's an option for you. If not, whisper if you don't want your opponents to hear.

Stick

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