Sorry. Can't. Backgammon. Bye.

Four words replaced approximately forty-seven different excuses and the upgrade was immediate, permanent, and deeply, structurally correct — efficient as a pip count, final as a doubled cube that's been accepted, and considerably easier to remember than anything that came before it.

This collection is for the player whose social calendar has been reduced to its single most essential entry.

Four words. Zero follow up questions. The board is already set up and the message has been sent.