« previous next » Print Pages: 1 Go Down Author Topic: Gnubg-Incomprehensible move (for me) (Read 5716 times) Alkatron Newbie Posts: 1 Fibsboard member Gnubg-Incomprehensible move (for me) « on: December 28, 2017, 05:05:48 PM » Hello,I'm learning this game, while playing I stumble across a move that I do not understandI'm kooliah(black)Red rolls the dice 4:2I thought he needs double 1 to bear all 4 checkers off or at least 1 with one dice to bear one off....instead...He bears 2 checkers off.... WHY?thanks Logged FIBS Board backgammon forum Gnubg-Incomprehensible move (for me) « on: December 28, 2017, 05:05:48 PM » maria Fibsboarder plus Posts: 283 Re: Gnubg-Incomprehensible move (for me) « Reply #1 on: December 29, 2017, 12:45:02 PM » Quote from: Alkatron on December 28, 2017, 05:05:48 PMHello,I'm learning this game, while playing I stumble across a move that I do not understandI'm kooliah(black)Red rolls the dice 4:2I thought he needs double 1 to bear all 4 checkers off or at least 1 with one dice to bear one off....instead...He bears 2 checkers off.... WHY?thanksI'm not sure why you are confused? He rolled a 4 - 2, he can only remove 2 checkers. If he had rolled doubles, he could remove all 4. Logged maria Fibsboarder plus Posts: 283 Re: Gnubg-Incomprehensible move (for me) « Reply #2 on: December 30, 2017, 10:59:45 AM » Quote from: Alkatron on December 28, 2017, 05:05:48 PMHello,I'm learning this game, while playing I stumble across a move that I do not understandI'm kooliah(black)Red rolls the dice 4:2I thought he needs double 1 to bear all 4 checkers off or at least 1 with one dice to bear one off....instead...He bears 2 checkers off.... WHY?thanksA great site for learning the game is Backgammon Galore.www.bkgm.comThe attached screenshot will show what they have for the rules of bearing off.Hope this is of some help. Logged Print Pages: 1 Go Up « previous next » Tags: FIBS Board backgammon forum / Forum / Backgammon / Using backgammon software / Gnubg-Incomprehensible move (for me)