[net.games] Another 4.2 Backgammon Bug

lab@qubix.UUCP (Q-Bick) (04/21/84)

___________________________________________	Red rolls 2 6
|13 14 15 16 17 18 |   |19 20 21 22 23 24 |	Red tries to move B/6, 19/2
|    w     w       |   | r     r  r rr  w |	Computer says:
|    w     w       |   | r     r  r  r  w |	"Red can only make 1 move"
|                  |   | r        r  r  w |
|                  |   |             r    |	Saratoga Slick does not
|                  |   |             r    |	like what he reads.
|                  |   |                  |
|                  |BAR|                  |	Slick had to settle for
|                  |   |                  |		B/6
|                  |   |                  |
|                  |   |                  |	(Slick eventually gammoned
|             w    |   |    w     w       |	 the machine anyway.)
|             w    | r | w  w  w  w       |
|12 11 10  9  8  7 |   | 6  5  4  3  2  1 |	Slick = {decvax,ihnp4}!\
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