But then it can be used as a tactic. If you have a bad start. You and your partner can agree that one is deadbeating and then in turn 4 you got a super turn...

Point taken. Particularly if between the two of you you have a valuable continent which would give you continuous strong turns.

If a player misses two turns but takes his third, he gets all the extra men he should've got the previous three turns, right? So why in a doubles game does not a partner with a deadbeater not get all those extras when they get all the places transferred? Basically if someone doesn't play in a ...