Game

How it works in play

A game ends when one player has borne off all fifteen checkers. It is worth the cube value as a single game, twice that as a gammon and three times as a backgammon; a match is a series of games played to a set number of points.

Related terms

• Match — A multi-game contest played to N points (e.g. 7, 11, 13, 21).
• Gammon — Winning before the opponent bears off any checker. Worth 2× the cube value.
• Backgammon (win) — Winning before the opponent bears off any checker while they still have a checker on the bar or in your home board. Worth 3× the cube value.
• Cube — Short for "doubling cube."

Go deeper

• Rules: single games, gammons and backgammons
• Rules: match play and money play
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةالشوط (Game)
• ΕλληνικάΠαρτίδα (game)
• فارسیدست / Game
• עבריתמשחק (Game)
• РусскийПартия (game)
• TürkçeOyun (Game)