Hit

How it works in play

Landing on a single opposing checker sends it to the bar: it loses every pip it had travelled and has to re-enter. A hit also costs the opponent their next turn if they then fail to enter, which is the idea behind every blitz.

Related terms

• Blot — A point occupied by exactly one checker — vulnerable to being hit.
• Bar — The center ridge of the board; where hit checkers go.
• Entering — Moving a checker from the bar into the opponent’s home board.
• Shot — A roll that hits an opponent’s blot.
• Blitz — Aggressive attacking strategy aiming to close the opponent out on the bar.

Go deeper

• Rules: hitting and the bar
• Game plans: the blitz
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةالضرب (Hit)
• ΕλληνικάΧτύπημα (hit)
• فارسیزدن (Hit)
• עבריתהכאה (Hit)
• РусскийПобитие (hit)
• TürkçeKırmak (Hit)