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Thanks Mr. O'Hagan; Stick To hit or not

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Tuesday, 19 August 2025, at 11:45 p.m.

In Response To: Thanks Mr. O'Hagan; Stick To hit or not (steve)

Bar point holding game with a fairly close race. The usual recipe is to build the board while holding the midpoint.

In variant #3, it's possible to build a strong board while holding the outfield points, so the bot favors doing that.

In variants #1 and #2, playing off the low points wrecks the board, so one of the outfield points has to go. For variant #1, the blot on the six point makes it too dangerous to hit, so make the safe play.

In variant #2, the blot on the five is less of a problem, but the main thing I see is having three builders aimed at the open point instead of two after the hit gives more chances to cover the blot next roll. That makes the hit more playable.

20-20 hindsight at work here. (c:

Messages In This Thread

• Thanks Mr. O'Hagan; Stick To hit or not
  steve -- Tuesday, 19 August 2025, at 8:32 p.m.
  • Thanks Mr. O'Hagan; Stick To hit or not
    ah_clem -- Tuesday, 19 August 2025, at 11:45 p.m.