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History of Abolishing the Jacoby rule

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 1:27 a.m.

In Response To: History of Abolishing the Jacoby rule (Phil Simborg)

The current starting position in backgammon (with the checkers already on the board instead of off the board), the doubling cube, the Jacoby rule, and the recently discussed 'Simborg Chouette Rule' can all be seen as rules that have been introduced to reduce downtime. (The doubling cube has other motivations too.) My gaming-expert friend that I mentioned is writing a book entitled "Characteristics of Games," and hadn't heard of the Jacoby rule until I told him recently. He wants to include it as an example, and wants to know when the Jacoby rule was introduced, so that he can fit it into his timeline of downtime-reducing rules in backgammon.

According to my friend, downtime-reducing rules are very common in gambling games, much more so than in non-gambling games.

Messages In This Thread

• History of Jacoby rule
  Timothy Chow -- Friday, 30 October 2009, at 12:22 a.m.
  • History of Jacoby rule
    Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 30 October 2009, at 1:15 a.m.
    • History of Jacoby rule
      Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 30 October 2009, at 1:16 a.m.
  • History of Abolishing the Jacoby rule
    neilkaz -- Friday, 30 October 2009, at 2:11 p.m.
    • History of Abolishing the Jacoby rule
      Phil Simborg -- Friday, 30 October 2009, at 3:00 p.m.
      • History of Abolishing the Jacoby rule
        Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 1:27 a.m.
        • History of Abolishing the Jacoby rule
          Steve Mellen -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 1:43 a.m.
          • History of Abolishing the Jacoby rule
            Phil Simborg -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 2:13 a.m.
            • Extras= YES... must Beaver means I don't play in that chou *NM*
              neilkaz -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 4:27 a.m.
            • Beaver vs. Extras
              mamabear -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 11:40 a.m.
              • Beaver vs. Extras
                mamabear -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 6:35 p.m.
              • Beaver vs. Extras
                Seth -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 2:24 p.m.
                • Beaver vs. Extras
                  Gregg Cattanach -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 4:02 p.m.
                  • Thanks, Gregg for explanation of extras.*NM* *NM*
                    Seth -- Sunday, 8 November 2009, at 3:43 a.m.
    • History of Abolishing the Jacoby rule
      Steve Mellen -- Friday, 30 October 2009, at 11:23 p.m.
    • History of Abolishing the Jacoby rule
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 12:35 p.m.
  • History of Jacoby rule
    Tom Keith -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 2:18 p.m.
    • Thanks, Tom! *NM*
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 3:43 p.m.
    • History of Jacoby rule
      garyo -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 7:23 p.m.
    • History of Jacoby rule
      Chuck Bower -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 1:03 a.m.