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Home board

A player’s inner table — points 1–6 from their perspective.

How it works in play

Your home board is the quarter where your checkers finish: points 1 to 6 from your side. You may only bear off once all fifteen checkers are there, and every point you make in it is one more point a checker on the bar can’t enter on.

  • Inner board — Same as the home board.
  • Outer board — The middle table — points 7–12 from a player’s perspective.
  • Bear off — Remove a checker from the board, allowed once all 15 of your checkers are in your home board.
  • Closeout — All six home-board points made while the opponent sits on the bar — they cannot enter until a point opens.
  • Entering — Moving a checker from the bar into the opponent’s home board.

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