Get to Know the Backgammon Double
Backgammon is a game where players race with one another. The one who clears all their checkers off the board first will win the game. While in the game, if one considers themselves as being ahead of their opponent they can double. However, he or she can only double at the start of his or her turn before they throw the dice.
A player that is given a chance to double may accept it or may refuse it. It depends on how he or she feels about doubling. However, if he or she refuses and the game ends, he or she will lose a point. If this is the case, the player must know before hand. So that he or she must accept the move of doubling.
If the player doubles, the game will move on but this time the stakes will increase. The player who doubles from the offer made will become the dice holder and then the option will be theirs on if to double again.
If a player doubles for the second time during a game it is referred to as "redoubling". Again, if the player rejects the offer of redoubling, he or she will pay the points that were represented by the stakes which were in place when offered the double.
After doing so, the person who accepted the redouble will be the new dice holder and the game will move on with the double stakes at risk.
Doing the double does not limit players. They can redouble as long as the stakes double as well. This doubling aspect of Backgammon is one thing that makes this great game unique among board games.
Each player will have the chance to move first by throwing his or her dice. With this he can also challenge their opponent to double using the cube.
If you are given the challenge of a double from your opponent you can either receive it or reject it. But you have to take into considerations the points that you might lose.
Upon accepting the offer you can hold the dice and the advantage will probably side in your favor. This means that you will have a double value in rolling and moving your checkers.
The value of the cube doubling is the following, 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 after the player receives the first double move. Although most doubling cubes end there at 64, the game can be re-doubled again and again until a player refuses. Just need to keep track on paper at that point.