Timing

How it works in play

Timing is the spare pips you can play while keeping your important points. In a holding or back game, good timing lets you wait for your shot; bad timing means the dice force you to break your board first.

Related terms

• Holding game — Strategy of holding an anchor in the opponent’s territory (typically the 20-point) and waiting for a shot.
• Back game — Strategy built on two or more anchors held deep in the opponent’s home board.
• Prime — Consecutive made points (a 4-prime, 5-prime, or the impassable 6-prime).
• Pay now or pay later — The recurring choice to accept a small risk now to avoid a bigger one later. Often the right play.

Go deeper

• Game plans: the back game
• Game plans: the holding game
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةالتوقيت (Timing)
• ΕλληνικάΤάιμινγκ (timing)
• فارسیزمان‌بندی (Timing)
• עבריתתזמון (Timing)
• РусскийТайминг (timing)
• TürkçeZamanlama