Come-around

How it works in play

A hit checker re-enters in the opponent’s home board, as far from home as a checker can be, and has to come all the way around before it can be borne off. That journey is why a hit costs so much in the race, and why a back game needs time.

Related terms

• Hit — Land on an opponent’s blot, sending it to the bar.
• Entering — Moving a checker from the bar into the opponent’s home board.
• Pip count — The total pips all your checkers still need to travel to bear off. Both sides start at 167.
• Crossover — Moving a checker into a new quadrant of the board.
• Timing — In holding and back games: how long you can wait before being forced to break a key point.

Go deeper

• Pip counting: crossovers
• Rules: entering from the bar
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةالدوران الكامل (Come-around)
• ΕλληνικάΟ μεγάλος γύρος (come-around)
• فارسیدور آوردن (Come-around)
• עבריתהקפה (Come-around)
• РусскийПолный круг (come-around)
• TürkçeDolaştırma (Come-around)