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Luck vs. Skill - Is A Rules Change Needed?

Posted By: Dan Pelton
Date: Friday, 10 October 2008, at 12:04 a.m.

In Response To: Luck vs. Skill - Is A Rules Change Needed? (trichard)

One of the reasons that backgammon is so appealing to me is the fact that the dice introduce the element of chance. If I wanted to play a game without chance, I'd play Chess. On the subject of whether doubles are luckier, while I agree about the race factors, there is also the times when doubles won't play, such as when trying to re-enter from the bar. I have an internet acquaintence who believed he was a better player than me (he's not IMHO, LOL) and we used to play on clubgames.com. At the conclusion of a game or match at clubgames, you got a brief summary showing the amount of doubles you rolled and the amount your opponent rolled. My winning percentage was consistently higher when my opponent rolled more doubles, because he had a high percentage of non-playable doubles. I enjoy variations, but lets keep the basic game as is. It also makes comparison of players over time and generations easier, although players such as Crawford, Jacoby, et al. didn't have the advantage of learning from the "bots".

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