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Offer an instant redouble that is a beaver
Syntax: beaver
An instant redouble of an offered double is called a beaver. You can use the redouble command instead. The beaver command can only used for the first instant redouble while redouble can be used for any of several instant redoubles in a row.
In this exchange, player Anna decides to double player Bill, who believes it is to his advantage to redouble:
Anna: |
"I double!" |
(cube turned to 2) |
Bill: |
"I beaver!!" |
(cube turned to 4) |
Anna: |
"I raccoon!!!" |
(cube turned to 8) |
Bill: |
"I otter!!!!" |
(cube turned to 16) |
Anna: |
"I... redouble!!!!!" |
(cube turned to 32) |
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(And we wonder why people don't take backgammon seriously...)