Underbuilt

How it works in play

An underbuilt position has too few spare checkers near the points it wants to make, so it can’t attack or build a prime when it needs to. Bringing builders into play early, instead of leaving them stacked, is the cure.

Related terms

• Builder — A spare checker positioned to help make a new point next roll.
• Stack — Multiple checkers piled on one point; tall stacks waste material.
• Diversification — Spreading your good numbers so that many different rolls do useful work.
• Prime — Consecutive made points (a 4-prime, 5-prime, or the impassable 6-prime).

Go deeper

• Game plans: the tactics behind every plan
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةنقص البنّائين (Underbuilt)
• ΕλληνικάΧωρίς χτίστες (underbuilt)
• فارسیکم‌سازنده (Underbuilt)
• עבריתתת־בנייה (Underbuilt)
• РусскийНедостроенная позиция (underbuilt)
• TürkçeKurucusuz (Underbuilt)