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Even more prime time

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 8:03 p.m.

In Response To: Even more prime time (Rich Munitz)

That is why people have been playing it as a prop since the beginning of time.

Not to spoil your joke, but I think it's quite an interesting question how that position came about. One presumes that the general concept of putting some of the checkers on the board instead of introducing them one at a time from the bar is another example of the principle that gambling games abhor downtime. Skipping ahead to the middle of the game reduces downtime and therefore makes the gambling action more exciting. But does anybody know how exactly this particular position came to be the standard one?

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• Even more prime time
  christian munk-christensen -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 3:53 p.m.
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    Seth -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 4:03 p.m.
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    Neil Robins -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 4:31 p.m.
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    Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 4:54 p.m.
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      neilkaz -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 4:59 p.m.
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      christian munk-christensen -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 7:05 p.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 6:34 p.m.
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      christian munk-christensen -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 7:18 p.m.
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        Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 7:25 p.m.
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          Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 8:03 p.m.
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        Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 8:21 p.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 6:48 p.m.