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Hit or point? Variant

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Wednesday, 25 February 2026, at 3:41 a.m.

In Response To: Hit or point? XGR++ (ah_clem)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 147 5 point match pip: 146 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-a----EBC-AaaBbb-c-e-B----:0:0:1:42:0:0:0:5:9
Original Position

1.	XG Roller++	8/4 6/4	eq: +0.403
	Player: Opponent: 58.32% (G:16.62% B:0.44%) 41.68% (G:6.46% B:0.24%)
2.	XG Roller++	13/9 13/11*	eq: +0.279 (-0.124)
	Player: Opponent: 54.90% (G:17.84% B:0.83%) 45.10% (G:8.89% B:0.34%)
3.	XG Roller++	13/11* 11/7	eq: +0.198 (-0.205)
	Player: Opponent: 53.16% (G:15.87% B:0.66%) 46.84% (G:8.80% B:0.33%)
4.	XG Roller++	13/11* 10/6	eq: +0.102 (-0.301)
	Player: Opponent: 50.95% (G:14.37% B:0.56%) 49.05% (G:9.19% B:0.34%)

Above is Stick's rollout of the original position.

Below is a contrasting variant.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 147 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 150 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-a----DBC-BaaBbb-c-e-B----:0:0:1:42:0:0:3:0:10
Variant: A Blue 6pt checker is back on his 10pt

1.	Rollout1	13/9 13/11*	eq: +0.478
	Player: Opponent: 60.63% (G:19.50% B:0.98%) 39.37% (G:8.16% B:0.33%) Conf.: ± 0.012 (+0.466...+0.490) - [100.0%] Duration: 16 minutes 28 seconds
2.	Rollout1	8/4 6/4	eq: +0.450 (-0.028)
	Player: Opponent: 60.34% (G:17.11% B:0.53%) 39.66% (G:7.11% B:0.28%) Conf.: ± 0.011 (+0.440...+0.461) - [0.0%] Duration: 17 minutes 37 seconds
3.	Rollout2	13/11* 11/7	eq: +0.372 (-0.106)
	Player: Opponent: 58.32% (G:17.55% B:0.83%) 41.68% (G:8.37% B:0.34%) Conf.: ± 0.016 (+0.356...+0.388) - [0.0%] Duration: 8 minutes 36 seconds
1 2592 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 38994687 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller 2 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 38994687 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• Hit or point?
  ah_clem -- Sunday, 22 February 2026, at 9:43 p.m.
  • Hit or point?
    negheonegu -- Monday, 23 February 2026, at 5:50 a.m.
  • Hit or point?
    John O'Hagan -- Monday, 23 February 2026, at 1:47 p.m.
  • Hit or point?
    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 23 February 2026, at 9:47 p.m.
    • Hit or point? XGR++
      ah_clem -- Tuesday, 24 February 2026, at 7:32 p.m.
      • Hit or point? Variant
        Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 25 February 2026, at 3:41 a.m.