Midpoint

How it works in play

Your midpoint is your 13-point, where five of your checkers start. It is the staging post for builders in the opening and a landing spot for back checkers that escape: the 6-5 lover’s leap runs straight to it.

Related terms

• Lover’s leap — Running a back checker 24/13 with an opening 6-5.
• Builder — A spare checker positioned to help make a new point next roll.
• Checker — A playing piece; each player has 15.
• Outer board — The middle table — points 7–12 from a player’s perspective.

Go deeper

• Rules: the starting position
• The 15 opening rolls
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةخانة المنتصف (Midpoint)
• ΕλληνικάΜεσαία θέση (midpoint)
• فارسیخانهٔ میانی (Midpoint)
• עבריתמשבצת האמצע (Midpoint)
• РусскийМидпойнт (midpoint)
• TürkçeOrta kapı (Midpoint)