Don’t be fooled by the fact that Blue has five checkers back. This is no backgame. Blue trails by 20 pips, so he should try to go forward, rather than backward. It is hard to say what’s best here. It often is with a roll of 22. Making the 4pt would be nice, but doing so would mean passing up the hit, and possibly worse, dividing Blue’s forces. I like hitting, and since I also like moving up to the 22pt, let’s start with those two. After that, making the 11pt with a third two looks good, and rather than playing a third checker to the 11pt, I prefer moving up again to the 22pt. B (Both) = 24/22(2), 13/11*(2) BTW: You realize, of course, that you have the cube capped at 8. Mike | ||||||||||||
