Backgammon rollouts in GNU Backgammon

GNU Backgammon is a computer application that is extremely useful in backgammon analysis. One of the factors that make it popular is the variety that it offers to backgammon players, who can configure the software to suit their specific needs. This variety is available in backgammon rollouts as well, which is one of the main tools of backgammon analysis.

Backgammon rollouts are the simulation of possible future moves with the objective of selecting a move that leads to the greatest likelihood of winning. GNU Backgammon offers four types of backgammon rollouts. One is the cubeless backgammon rollout. In this backgammon analysis cube play is not considered. Cubeless backgammon rollouts are considered in situations when the cube is dead, so as not to complicate the backgammon analysis.

Truncated backgammon rollouts are popular with novice backgammon players. As the name suggests, truncated backgammon rollouts are stopped without their searching the full range of options. The main advantage of truncated backgammon rollouts is that the time taken for backgammon analysis is considerably shortened. The loss in accuracy does not hurt novice players that much, because they have some way to go before they can understand advanced backgammon play.

The most interesting of the backgammon rollouts available in GNU Backgammon are the stepped backgammon rollouts. As the backgammon game progresses the checkers get scattered. In such situations the optimal moves are located by the GNU program without a detailed search. The stepped backgammon rollouts allow the backgammon player to have a detailed search initially and a quick search later on in the backgammon game.

Experts however, are not willing to settle for anything less than complete backgammon analysis. Accuracy is more important than time. They swear by the GNU Backgammon full backgammon rollouts, which do not make any compromises.