Game 1, move 2: gaspar 4-1

[diane]

Usually, something as obvious as this I would play automatically..but while gaspar is still getting the hang of this, I will let him answer..

[gaspar]

the obvious play to make bar point 11-7 8-7 .  if there is one piece of advice i will give beginners is to take your time and look all around the board .....i guess the best example is when you need a 4 to escape a gap prime and you roll it.....you move your piece up and over the prime and pick up your dice.  however on the other end of the board your 6 4 would have pointed on a checker and made the silver pt....  no matter how good your roll is ..don't move it without considering the rest of the board.

[stog]

good advice for beginners and established players alike!
good post/commenting gaspar.....thx  

[diane]

It is so true too...I still fall foul of that one from time to time...I have a plan...a cunning plan...and I roll the number that I need..I make the move and as I am picking up the dice...spot the infinitely better move that had been gifted to me. 

Fortunately it happens less in real live games, because the whole pace is much slower.