Re: [Bug-gnubg] Backgammon software: problem

[iandshaw]

> Greetings,
>
> I took a gammon-ed game from the software,
> yet it only gave me credit for a single point.
>
> The software is quite liberal at using the cube and
> certainly knows when to give itself credit for winning
> a doubled games and/or a gammon game.
>
> best regards,
> Jim Marks

Probable causes of this observation are:

The Jacoby rule is active, so gammons don't count unless the cube has been
turned.

You are playing a match, and only 1 point is needed to win the match.
Gammons become irrelevant; there is no difference in winning a 5-point
match 6-0 or 5-0, 6-4 or 5-4.

--Ian