THE CODE OF VULNERABILITY
When I first learned the game eons ago, I was given a great “pony” to remember vulnerabilities if there was no score card available (or you were not looking at the boards themselves). It goes something like this: ONEB/NEBO/EBON/BONE. (What is this daffy blogger talking about?)
It was called to mind as I was keeping Bobby’s score in the Seniors and did not have a regular duplicate card which gives the vulnerability – so I applied a fifty-year old code when I didn’t know if it was -50 or –100 or +420 or +620: Really very simple.
O = NO ONE N = NORTH/SOUTH E = EAST/WEST B = BOTH SIDES
It applies to the first sixteen boards and then keeps repeating itself (17-32)(33-48) and so on.
ONEB ARE BOARDS 1-4; NEBO ARE BOARDS 5-8; EBON ARE BOARDS 9-12 AND BONE ARE 13-16 At first it sounds confusing, but after you get used it, it is a helpful crutch.