Subject: Re: Domino backgammon and computer programs
playBunny: I count 21 combinations of dominos, not 36 if you're just going to use 1-1 through 6-6 and not the blanks or higher dominos. 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 3-3 3-4 3-5 3-6 4-4 4-5 4-6 5-5 5-6 6-6. Or does your version have two of each domino that isn't a double? That'd add 15 more to it to make 36. With the blanks there's 28, still not 36. And how would you move a blank? Perhaps 1-1 to 8-8? That makes 36.
About the set of dominos that the players draw from. Is there one set that the players draw from, or does each player get his own set to draw from?