Off

How it works in play

A checker that has been borne off is off and out of play. The first player to get all fifteen off wins, and whether the loser has borne off any checkers decides whether the win is a single game, a gammon or a backgammon.

Related terms

• Bear off — Remove a checker from the board, allowed once all 15 of your checkers are in your home board.
• 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.

Go deeper

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

In other languages

• العربيةخارج الرقعة (Off)
• ΕλληνικάΜαζεμένο (off)
• فارسیخارج (Off)
• עבריתבחוץ (Off)
• РусскийВыброшенная шашка (off)
• TürkçeDışarıda (Off)