Backgammon (win)

How it works in play

Backgammons are rare between experienced players. They usually come from a closeout with checkers still caught on the bar, or from a back game that never got its shot. In money play under the Jacoby rule a backgammon counts as a single game until the cube has been turned; in match play it always counts triple.

Related terms

• Gammon — Winning before the opponent bears off any checker. Worth 2× the cube value.
• Closeout — All six home-board points made while the opponent sits on the bar — they cannot enter until a point opens.
• Back game — Strategy built on two or more anchors held deep in the opponent’s home board.
• Jacoby rule — Money play only: gammons and backgammons count single value unless the cube has been turned.
• Cube — Short for "doubling cube."

Go deeper

• Rules: single games, gammons and backgammons
• Game plans: the back game
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةالمارس المزدوج (Backgammon)
• ΕλληνικάΤριπλό (backgammon)
• فارسیبک‌گَمون
• עבריתטורקישר (Backgammon)
• РусскийКокс (backgammon)
• TürkçeKatmerli mars (Backgammon)