Redouble

How it works in play

Only the player who owns the cube may redouble, turning it from 2 to 4, 4 to 8 and so on. A redouble needs a slightly bigger edge than a first double, because it gives up cube ownership: that is the 9 in the 8-9-12 race rule.

Related terms

• Double — An offer to double the stakes via the doubling cube, made before rolling.
• Take — Accept a double, continuing the game at doubled stakes with cube ownership.
• Cube life — The remaining value of cube ownership; quantified by Janowski’s live-cube calculations.
• Live cube — A cube that can still be re-doubled, as opposed to a "dead cube."
• Beaver — Money play only: an immediate redouble by the player who was just doubled, keeping cube ownership.

Go deeper

• Cube theory: cube ownership
• Pip counting: race formulas for the cube
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةإعادة المضاعفة (Redouble)
• ΕλληνικάΑντιδιπλασιασμός (redouble)
• فارسیدوبرابر کردن دوباره (Redouble)
• עבריתהכפלה חוזרת (Redouble)
• РусскийРедабл (redouble)
• TürkçeYeniden katlama