Family Man: Yes there is, first of all if you WANTED to use auto-pass then u would go to your settings and select it ( bottom left hand side). If you are sent a invite for a backgammon varient, if u scroll down the invite u will see it reads, "This opponent has selected autopass.....continue if u agree", i presume if u dont agree you would uncheck the box.

Family Man: Fencers does look at this board when he is logged in.

Andersp: Well, I was under the impression that ideas and complaints etc about specific games belonged on that games own public board, but i dont think fencer has been to this one lately, and I dont want to spam every board looking for his attention.

It is a shame that you were one of the main instigators to get this auto pass option, but you were duped into thinking that it would be implemented they way you would like to see it implemented.

Family Man:  I have no idea,   think you need to ask Fencer :)   ..as i said im not using it.., its only confusing to not know if a game is with or without autopass, better not use it imo.

Andersp: Is there even a way to know if we are playing with auto pass? there really needs to be some way to be informed that a move has been auto passed back to us, so that we may continue to play it if we choose to!

I should use it too if it would work in every game

I'm using it

Family Man: Nope..not me

Andersp: Me and you and at least one other person that I know of.

Family Man: A guess is that you are the only one who is using "autopass"

Gee, I didnt mean to create so much discussion

I guess I am the only one who is not completely satisfied with the auto pass configuration?

Anyway, I just made a move in an auto pass game where I put my opponent on the bar, and stayed at that game, and sure enough there was my opponents roll that showed he could not make a move and my new roll as well. But when I made the next move and submitted and stayed there all that was there were my dice from the previous roll and it was my opponents turn.

Is it a bug that even though the dice are already rolled I cannot see them? Or is there some reason they stay hidden from my view until my opponent comes on to look at them?

For some reason I think that if the dice are already rolled, they should also be displayed? Is there any advantage I am not seeing that would make it more fair for me not to see the roll before my opponent does?

also again, any comments on a default to stay at any game where our opponent has auto passed?

I just had my first experience with the auto pass feature in a backgammon game. I was under the impression that it would be used only when there are no possible dice rolls that could create a move. But it seems that instead, the system makes a roll for us in our absence and checks to see if there are any possible moves, and if there are none, then our turn is passed?

So does the system always make a roll for the next move directly after a turn is played? So, for example, I can make a move and then go back into the game and see my opponents roll immediately after I play my turn?

I also thought that an auto passed game would remain on our screen to allow us to make another move, but instead, it just adds the game back to our list for another turn, which I do not like since we may not know right away this has happened and it will count against our time condition of the game.

I would like to offer a suggestion that we be able to make a default option to always "move and stay here if the next move is an auto pass".

thanks muchly.. I wasnt aware of that rule.. What a newbie!

Rose: You must use both dice whenever possible, so 7/11/12 is the only move.

Rose: You have to use both dice if possible, and if you do what you want to do - that will leave you with no move for the 1 die.

So you need to move the 7 to 11, then use the 1 to move 11 to 12.

Is this a glitch? I cant move one of my white ones on 3 to 7.. do i just not under stand the rules?

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I have two games in the waiting games for backgammon (+2200) to test the new autopass. So if my opponent doesn´t choose this feature the games would be without it and I´d delete these games. Please, I have those games to test the autopass.

"Snoopy": right now you have to agree to a draw

gogul: thanks to Gogul for sending me the link. It repeated the rules but did have a little help too....

a set number of passes one has to make in grasshopper before its declared a draw
Grasshopper (Gammonator vs. "Snoopy")
or do the 2 ppl have to declare the draw themselves

ruby2shoes: There is a short explanation on the galore pages: http://www.bkgm.com/variants/Grasshopper.html

where can I find any strategy help with grasshopper, please?

nabla:never thought to look at the edges I always looked for the black hole in the middle to identify the race checkers. LOL

Hrqls: Hehe well done Abigail :-)

"black with a tiny light edge", "tiny light edges and are black otherwise"

I'm really slow today.. He was just kidding. :)

nabla: black with a tiny light edge = tiny light edges and are black otherwise :)

AbigailII, fakarten: Thank you for the help. By counting I found 2, but I am all but sure, and I can't see any difference in the images either.

Looking once more at the move list I see that I was wrong. But I can't see anything by just looking at the images.

nabla: 4 checkers, of which 2 are race checkers and 2 "get-off-the-bar-first" checkers. It's easy to see, the race checkers are black with a tiny light edge, and the other checkers have tiny light edges and are black otherwise.

nabla: Or 1 if you mean checkers that he has to move out before moving anything else.

nabla: 4

Still waiting for the race checkers display...
In Backgammon de Clonage (nabla contre Mirda), how many checkers does my opponent have on the bar ?

One for the Gammon players:

MadMonkeys 'Gammon' Stakes (8)

skipinnz: Thanks, I just did...
and did you notice that now the tourney apparently has been renamed "null"?

Binabik: Try bug tracker, that way you can see if it is already a fault reported.

Binabik: I tell ya what send me an invite and we can play amongst ourselves, like we normally do  lmao

Binabik: How do I report this to Fencer, in a pm?

Oceans Apart: I just got this message:

mukali

Tournament: null

These players have been removed from your tournament because they didn't have enough empty slots for new tournament games.


Now the whole tourney seems to have disappeared?

Binabik: lol even though i am just outside the 2100 all it should have said ws something like " You are not allowed to sign up for this tournament because your BKR is blah blah blah" if ya get what i mean lol

Oceans Apart: Huh? That's strange, I just went to that tourney and now there's no one signed up and it does display the "null" message.... Has to be a glitch, though I did specify 2100 - plus....

alanback: It was Binabik's tournament below. so i still dont understand it lol

You cannot sign up for this tournament because you have no BKR for null.


What does the above mean

Binabik: BACKGAMMON 2100+ 7 POINTS MATCH--10 PLAYERS
3 more players please?

BACKGAMMON 2100+ 7 POINTS MATCH--10 PLAYERS
Backgammon tourney for those who don't like the cube :)

Does anybody know who has made the most moves during a game of Cloning? It would be very interesting to see.

Hi all, im back... sorry if anyone missed me, and sorry to anyone I offended by using the letters U and F in an inappropriate manner, it was meant in a good natured way, but apparently some global didnt take it that way, and anyway, if anyone else besides them was offended I apologize!