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Speed Gammon Stats & Baffle Box

Posted By: Henrik Bukkjaer
Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2013, at 2:52 p.m.

In Response To: Speed Gammon Stats & Baffle Box (Chuck Bower)

>> Meanwhile, punishing players who cock the dice encourages poor shaking and rolling. I can't imagine any (honest) player wants that.

Exactly, couldn't agree more - I tried to convey the same point (by stating players would "soft roll" if there's a severe punishment for launching the dice off table.

Regarding the time extra to play with/without bafflebox, I suppose it depends hugely if you're playing cups AND bafflebox, or just bafflebox. And I guess it also varies a lot from player to player.

As I can see from the videos of the latest version of Phil's boxes, they are getting closer and closer towards the design I was aiming for in my own boxes and prototypes (I never got to produce them in a larger scale - Denmark is not really that "pro box" yet). That is, they roll "fast" with fewer and more vertical baffles, giving the dice a good shake from speed and impact - rather than having a lot of baffles turning the dice at slower speeds, which could turn out more predictable and thus more controllable.

Thus I feel that Phil's newest boxes can easily be played without cups, which is optimal for speedgammon. :-)

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