playBunny:  Look on the bright side, pB:  we've been given a new, unannounced game/puzzle/variant!

It's quite a bit like backgammon.  It's similar enough, in fact, that those who prefer to make their moves and cube decisions just as their bots dictate (these players know who they are) can continue to do so with success.  Others can continue playing, without ever realizing that it's a subtle variant--but is not standard backgammon.  Still others eventually wake up to the fact that the normal rules no longer fully apply, and that adjustments will be necessary to maximize their equity during play.

But it's a significant challenge to determine exactly which adjustments are needed.  So it also has an added element of mystery: requiring clues, evidence, and deduction.

I rather like the social element of this new game: players working together as a team to find the solution.

And it's a whodunit.