Step 1 · Cube offer
When your opponent doubles, the game pauses. You must choose: take and keep playing for the new value, or drop and concede the current value. Imagine Black has built a strong lead here and doubles.
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Step 2 · What does take mean?
Black has offered a double to 2. If White takes, what happens?
Choose what Take does.
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- Continue the game for 2 points
- Decline without losing anything
- Start a new game immediately
Show the correct answer
Correct answer: Continue the game for 2 points — Correct. Take accepts the double and keeps the game alive.
- Decline without losing anything — Dropping still loses the current cube value. The offer matters.
- Start a new game immediately — A take continues this same game at the doubled value.
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Step 3 · Cube ownership
After White takes, the cube sits on White's side at 2. Only White can offer the next redouble.
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Step 4 · What does drop cost?
Now consider the other reply. If White drops Black's double instead of taking, what does Black win?
Choose what Drop pays.
Quick check
- Black wins the current 1 point
- Black wins 2 points
- Nobody scores
Show the correct answer
Correct answer: Black wins the current 1 point — Correct. Dropping a first double loses 1 point, not 2.
- Black wins 2 points — The 2-point value applies only if White takes and keeps playing.
- Nobody scores — A drop ends the game immediately and the doubler scores.
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Step 5 · Drop ends the game
So the choice is practical: take to continue for the new value, or drop to end the game at the current value.
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What you learned
You can now answer a double: take to continue for the new value, or drop to concede the current value.
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