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Backgammon glossary · C

Cover

To add a second checker to a blot of your own, making the point.

How it works in play

Covering turns a blot into a made point by bringing a second checker to it. The classic case is slotting your 5-point and covering it next turn; the rolls that cover a blot are counted the same way as shots.

  • Slot — Deliberately leave a blot on a key point, intending to cover it next turn.
  • Blot — A point occupied by exactly one checker — vulnerable to being hit.
  • Point — One of the board’s 24 triangles. "To point on" a checker: make the point by landing two checkers on its blot.
  • Builder — A spare checker positioned to help make a new point next roll.

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