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Pgh Labor Day BG Tourn- Director's Decision

Posted By: Golden
Date: Wednesday, 29 August 2012, at 1:52 a.m.

In Response To: Pgh Labor Day BG Tourn- Director's Decision (Jason Lee)

Not sure if it was on this forum or elsewhere I read this, but there is already a rule that can be applied to this situation:

"1.2 SCOPE. Except where otherwise specified, the commonly accepted rules of backgammon apply."

One of the commonly accepted rules of backgammon is that a player cannot pass his turn.

If a player hits his clock without rolling, then that would constitute passing his turn which he cannot do, regardless of what he or his opponent might want. However, if a player rolls the dice, does not move any checker and hits the clock then he has taken his turn and the illegal move rule applies.

I agree that it would be preferable for the rules to explicitly cover this scenario.

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