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Backgammon Terms starting with 'E'
Exposed Checker - A blot within range of a direct shot.
Equity - The expected value of a backgammon position. Specifically, the sum of the values of the possible outcomes from a given position with each value multiplied by its probability of occurrence.
Edge Of A Prime - The point directly in front of a prime.
Efficient Double A double made at the point of maximum effectiveness, when it would be correct either to take or drop.
End Game - The phase of the game which starts when either player begins to bear off or at which no further contact is possible.
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Karen Hughes Invents The Blame Game
Karen Hughes Crafts “The Blame Game:” A Story of the Bleeding PhoneWoe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their work in darkness and think, "Who sees us? Who will know?" ...
- Saturday, November 10, 2007
Learn All about Gin Rummy Rules
Gin rummy is a popular card game designed for two persons, and created at the beginning of the twentieth century by Elwood T. Baker....
- Friday, November 09, 2007
Conventional Gin
Instead, I began my play by discarding the three aces. In the meantime, my opponent broke a pair of kings which made the king a safe play. I began drawing matching cards and eventually making melds - while finding safe discards....
- Thursday, November 08, 2007
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