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Snowie analysis

Online Match

Please click HERE for instructions on the new streamlined structure for the online match if you are not familiar with it.

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Here is the online match, where the readers will play a match against me. The moves of the readers will be determined by a vote each day. After each move, I will give a detailed analysis of my thoughts on the play.

For each play decision, I will supply a list of reasonable candidates. To vote, simply check the circle beside your choice and click on vote. Of course you may wish to vote for a move which I haven't listed. If so, check the circle beside Other, type in your choice, and submit.

When it is the readers' turn to roll and they have cube access, you will be presented with the decision of whether or not to double. After making this decision, you will get the next roll. This roll will count on the assumption that the readers choose not to double. If the readers choose to double, I will make my pass/take decision, and if I take the dice will be rerolled. So be sure and vote on both your cube action and your play.

If the readers have what appears to me to be an obvious play, I will speed things along by making the play for the readers. However the readers will still get an opportunity to vote on the play, and if they happen to choose something else all future actions will be taken back. Thus, you may have the opportunity to vote on several plays for one day if there are a bunch of obvious plays in a row.

I will be rolling the dice by hand. You will just have to trust me that I am not cheating. Somehow I don't think there would be much motivation for me to do so. Anyway, my wife rolls the dice for the readers, so you can be sure you are in good hands.

I think this will be a fun feature of the magazine, as well as quite instructive. However for it to work, it is necessary that the readers participate. I urge everybody to tune in each day and cast your vote for the move of the day.

To facilitate navigation, there will be three places you can enter the match. You can go directly to the move of the day, where you cast your vote. You can go to see what the results of the previous day's vote was, and by continuing along in the match you will get to the current move. Or you can examine the entire match, which is in the same format as the match of the month. I recommend going to the previous day's vote, so you don't miss anything and follow the flow of the match.

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