Blot

How it works in play

A blot can be hit and sent to the bar, losing every pip it has travelled. Leaving one is often right all the same: what matters is how many rolls hit it, what you lose if they do, and what you gain if they don’t.

Related terms

• Hit — Land on an opponent’s blot, sending it to the bar.
• Shot — A roll that hits an opponent’s blot.
• Slot — Deliberately leave a blot on a key point, intending to cover it next turn.
• Cover — To add a second checker to a blot of your own, making the point.
• Indirect shot — A shot that needs both dice combined to hit (a blot 7–12 pips away).

Go deeper

• Game plans: the tactics behind every plan
• Rules: hitting and the bar
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةالحجر المكشوف (Blot)
• ΕλληνικάΜονό πούλι (blot)
• فارسیتک (Blot)
• עבריתאבן חשופה (Blot)
• РусскийБлот (blot)
• TürkçeAçık pul (Blot)