Cube

How it works in play

‘Cube’ is table talk for the doubling cube, the six-sided die marked 2 to 64 that keeps track of the stakes. ‘Turning the cube’ means offering a double, and ‘owning the cube’ means you are the only player who may offer the next one.

Related terms

• Doubling cube — The six-sided cube marked 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 used to raise the stakes.
• Double — An offer to double the stakes via the doubling cube, made before rolling.
• Redouble — A subsequent double by the current cube owner.
• Live cube — A cube that can still be re-doubled, as opposed to a "dead cube."
• Cube life — The remaining value of cube ownership; quantified by Janowski’s live-cube calculations.

Go deeper

• Rules: the doubling cube
• Cube theory: when to double, when to take
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةالمكعب (Cube)
• ΕλληνικάΚύβος (cube)
• فارسیداو (Cube)
• עבריתקובייה (Cube)
• РусскийКуб (cube)
• TürkçeKüp