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Topic: New Backgammon Variation - Sabotage Backgammon
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13-Mar-2024
22:48 PST |
 New Backgammon Variation - Sabotage Backgammon My daughter and I made this up tonight in 30 seconds. In my opinion, it's brilliant. We had so much fun! We call it "Sabogammon", short for Sabotage Backgammon. I wanted to call it Sharinggammon, but was outvoted. RULES: At each roll, the opposing player moves your first pip for you (the sabotage), choosing either die. You then use your second die, the die they didn't choose, to minimize the damage. On doubles, the opposing player moves your first two pips, and you get to move the last two. This rule I'm not sure of - let me know if you think of something better. That's it. Simple, effective, and oh my, we played one game, and the level of engagement and thinking was 3x a regular game. And bearing off was a riot! Try it out, and let me know what you think of SABOGAMMON! |
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14-Mar-2024
03:44 PST |
… That’s a great idea! For the doubles, maybe just alternate between making the moves (opponent makes moves 1 and 3) |
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14-Mar-2024
08:28 PST |
… Alternating could work. I'll try it. It depends on the level of Sabo one wants maybe! Let me know when you've tried it. I'm really interested. |
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14-Mar-2024
17:31 PST |
Sounds interesting I'll try and get someone to play it next club night |
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14-Mar-2024
21:01 PST |
… Excellent! Let me know how it goes Guther. |
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14-Mar-2024
21:07 PST |
Game #2 We played our second game today. Again, the mental engagement was intense. Reflections: 1) We had far more blots on the bar this game, and on many of them, there was only one option off, so that made that roll fairly simple to execute. 2) Some blots couldn't get off the bar. Same rule applies. turn lost. 3) Some strategy developed. Sabotaging the home board became a focus. Far different strategy for leaving pips behind at times, passing, running, etc. 4) There are no turns off. You don't get to relax for hardly a second. |
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15-Mar-2024
07:11 PST |
Sounds like fun! Gonna have to get my brother over soon to try it! |
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16-Mar-2024
10:42 PST |
sabotage sounds fun..alternate doubles is more desructive i would think |
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16-Mar-2024
19:37 PST |
… Try both. So far we've been doing 2 and 2. |
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19-Apr-2024
06:34 PST |
... Tried it. It was a bit confusing, sometimes hard to keep track of who was moving what, and ended up with crashed home boards very early. Will give it another go. |
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