From a 1980's television commercial for FRAM oil filters which showed a ruined car engine and a mechanic who quipped: "You can pay me now, or you can pay me later."] The problem of whether to take a modest but definite risk on the current turn or wait and perhaps take a more serious risk in the future. Harrington Green, Jonathan (1845). An exposure of the arts and miseries of gambling. Redding. p. 203. To start the game, each player rolls one die, and the player with the higher number moves first using the numbers shown on both dice. [46] If the players roll the same number, they must roll again, leaving the first pair of dice on the board. The player with the higher number on the second roll moves using only the numbers shown on the dice used for the second roll. Both dice must land completely flat on the right-hand side of the gameboard. The players then take alternate turns, rolling two dice at the beginning of each turn. [44] [45] To agree to continue playing a game at twice the previous stakes after the opponent offers a double. Compare: Refuse a Double. A way to settle a difference of opinion about whether a position is a take or a drop by playing a series of games starting with the position in question. The player who believes the position is a take plays the taking side owning a 2-cube and gets one point added to his score for each game played.

NOTE: You must use all your dice if possible! That means you cannot make a move with one dice and then say Pass, A rule that says that an illegal play should be pointed out by the opponent if he notices it, and such play corrected before the game continues. This is different from the usual rule giving the opponent the option of allowing an illegal play to stand. See post by Marc Gray. The second point (1) in a player's home board, adjacent to the one-point; also called the deuce-point. Should there ever be questions about the accuracy or authenticity of NOVADICE™, they may be returned for comparison to the recorded specifications for each individual die or set of four (4) dice. For a small fee a report will be generated and the dice returned.A recorded match with added analysis and commentary. Example:The annotated match between Kit Woolsey and Jeremy Bagai.

A sequence of two rolls (one for you and one for your opponent) which takes a game from a position in which your opponent would accept a double to a position in which your opponent would refuse a double. Knowing the number and size of your market losers is an important consideration in whether or not to double. if there's any way to use other moves that play both dices. If you ever think the game is not allowing you to make a move that you think should be allowed, ask yourself One of the four quadrants that make up the playing area: your home board, your outer board, the opponent's home board, and the opponent's outer board.A series of games between two players which ends when one player acquires a predetermined number of points. Traditionally, matches are played to an odd number of points (3, 5, 7, etc.). See: Match Play. The choice of whether or not to offer a double, or the choice of whether to accept, or refuse a double that has been offered. By analogy to market loser.] A sequence of two rolls (one for you and one for your opponent) which takes a game from a position in which your opponent would refuse a double to a position in which your opponent would accept a double. An optional rule where rolls of doubles are played like any other roll; that is, each number is played once, not twice. See: Irish. Suleiman, Y. (2013). Arabic Sociolinguistics: Issues and Perspectives. Taylor & Francis. p.8. ISBN 978-1-136-77937-4 . Retrieved 2022-05-01.

The position of the doubling cube before either player has offered a double. A centered doubling cube is placed halfway between the players at the start of each game with the number 64 facing up (representing a value of 1). An opportunity to hit an opposing blot that requires using the numbers on both dice taken together; an indirect shot. Compare: Direct Shot. The number of plies played in each trial of a truncated rollout. A rollout that is truncated after 10 plies has a 10-ply horizon.

A regular double, where one player offers to double the stakes of the game, as opposed an automatic double when identical numbers are thrown at the beginning of the game. A device through which dice are dropped to randomize a roll. The dice are deflected and jostled about as they fall through the box.

A position that is poorly connected, in which a player's army is divided into two or more groups with large gaps between them. To intentionally place a blot in a position where it can be hit with the idea of enticing the opponent to give up a strategic point (2).

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A blot within range of being hit with a single number but for which there are no ways to hit using a combination of numbers on both dice. The difference in your equity before a roll and after it, or the difference between rolling poorly and rolling well. A rule often used in money play (but never in match play) which says: A player who accepts a double may immediately redouble ( beaver) without giving up possession of the cube. The opponent (the player who originally doubled) may refuse the beaver, in which case he resigns the game and loses the current (doubled) stakes. Otherwise, he must accept the beaver and continue the game at quadruple the stakes prior to the double. See post by Sander van Rijnswou. The amount of money you have available for betting, or the maximum amount you are willing to lose in a session. See: Money Management.