Senet Rules Question

[Speusippus]

I am almost certain that I have been able to move forward from field 28 on a roll of one or two. But in a game I just played, my opponent was forced to wait until he'd rolled an exact 3 before being allowed to move from that field (bearing off).

Has it been changed, or am I simply misremembering? (Or could there be a bug?)

I would think the game should be played where you can move forward on a one or two, but perhaps that allows pieces to be born off too quickly?

[Trociu]

Misremembering. It works as in english rules from BGA wiki:

Field 26 ('The House of Beauty'): All stones must STOP here on an exact throw, before they can go further. A stone standing here can be borne off the board on an exact throw of 5.
Field 27 ('The House of Waters'): This is a pitfall! If you have a stone 'drowning' here, you have to decide whether to return the stone to Field 15 ('The House of Second Life') or to take the sticks and risk to throw a value of 4. (If you succeed to throw a 4 - the stone is borne off).
Field 28 ('The House of Three Judges'): A stone standing here, can be borne off the board by an exact throw of 3.
Field 29 ('The House of Two Judges'): A stone standing here, can be borne off the board by an exact throw of 2.
Field 30 ('The House of Horus'): A stone standing here, can be borne off the board by ANY throw.

[Speusippus]

Thanks, but I did not feel that settled the matter, since it does not specify the stone may not move unless being borne off.