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From: ech@spuxll.UUCP (Ned Horvath)
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Subject: Re: Is this really gammon?
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Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 22:45:01 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 30 22:45:01 1984
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Oops! wrong!  A backgammon is not necessarily a gammon: the latter occurs
when one player has borne off no men; the former when a player is left with
one or more men on the bar or on the opponent's home board.  It is possible
to have borne men off (avoiding gammon) and still be backgammoned.

=Ned=