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Cluster Counter
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Cluster Counting - The Shed

Ten checkers on four points in a row, two, three, three, two. The center sits on the half point between the two tall columns. That half point times ten is the count.

4.5 × 10 = 45

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Adjusting the Shed

Count the shed, then adjust for the stray checker. Further out adds a pip. Closer in subtracts a pip.

45 + 1 = 46

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Deck complete
Shed
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