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Bring Back the Holland Rule

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 2:31 a.m.

In Response To: Bring Back the Holland Rule (Phil Simborg)

Phil, you have to realize that you're one of a very small minority of people who see no cost to introducing lots of fussy little rule adjustments to a game. The rest of the world understands that there's a cost. It's just plain annoying to have weird little rules floating around. Now, if the game is massively improved as a result, then maybe you can argue for it. But the Holland Rule clearly does not massively improve the game of backgammon. It's not clear to me that it improves the game at all, and if it does, it's only by a tiny amount. It's simply not worth the bother.

A fussy little rule adjustment is never an enhancement to a game. At best, it's a band-aid for something that would otherwise be seriously broken. As others have said, there's nothing broken here. Don't try to fix it.

Messages In This Thread

• Bring Back the Holland Rule
  Phil Simborg -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 9:32 p.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    Art Grater -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 10:07 p.m.
  • No thanks! *NM*
    Neil Robins -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 10:09 p.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    Bob Koca -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 10:18 p.m.
    • Bring Back the Holland Rule
      higonefive -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 11:34 p.m.
    • Bring Back the Holland Rule
      Fabrice Liardet -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 11:55 p.m.
    • Bring Back the Holland Rule
      joe freedman -- Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 12:22 a.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    christian munk-christensen -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 10:26 p.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 10:27 p.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    David Rockwell -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 10:54 p.m.
  • Are you sure that's the rule?
    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 11:49 p.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    Seth -- Monday, 31 January 2011, at 11:57 p.m.
  • 1994 R.G.B thread on Holland Rule
    Michael Petch -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 12:10 a.m.
  • 1000 times NO
    neilkaz -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 12:57 a.m.
    • 1000 times NO +1000 *NM*
      joe freedman -- Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 12:13 a.m.
  • No thanks *NM*
    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 1:46 a.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 2:31 a.m.
    • Bring Back the Holland Rule
      Michael Petch -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 2:45 a.m.
      • Bring Back the Holland Rule
        Jake Jacobs -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 4:44 a.m.
        • Holland Rule/Tournaments
          Michael Petch -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 5:42 a.m.
        • Bring Back the Holland Rule
          neilkaz -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 4:45 p.m.
        • Bring Back the Holland Rule +1 *NM*
          joe freedman -- Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 12:11 a.m.
  • Bring Back the Holland Rule
    lenny -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 5:57 a.m.
  • please don't *NM*
    mtuhtan -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 8:01 a.m.
  • or scrap the Crawford Rule...
    Stein Kulseth -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 9:48 a.m.
    • or scrap the Crawford Rule...
      Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 6:31 p.m.
  • Do NOT Bring Back the Holland Rule
    joe freedman -- Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 12:18 a.m.