Beaver

How it works in play

A beaver answers a double with ‘you are wrong to double’: the player who was just doubled turns the cube again at once and keeps it, so the stake doubles a second time before anyone rolls. It belongs to money play only, never to matches or tournaments, and where it is agreed the doubler may reply with a raccoon.

Related terms

• Raccoon — Money play only: a redouble in response to a beaver, again retaining cube ownership.
• Double — An offer to double the stakes via the doubling cube, made before rolling.
• Take — Accept a double, continuing the game at doubled stakes with cube ownership.
• Cube — Short for "doubling cube."
• Jacoby rule — Money play only: gammons and backgammons count single value unless the cube has been turned.

Go deeper

• Rules: beavers and raccoons
• Cube theory: cube ownership
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةالبيفر (Beaver)
• ΕλληνικάBeaver
• فارسیبیور (Beaver)
• עבריתביבר (Beaver)
• РусскийБивер (beaver)
• TürkçeBeaver