Whether it is online backgammon or real-life, backgammon is a game with a language of its own. Your chances of being a great online backgammon player are all the much better if you understand the backgammon terms. Ace - The number one on the die. Acey-Deucey - A roll of 1-2 or a variation on regular backgammon. Action Play - A move which is going to see hits exchanged. Active Builder - A piece which can be used to build a point. Advanced Anchor - Making a point in the opponent’s home-board, typically on the 3, 4 or 5 point. Ahead in the Count - Having a better pip count when it comes down to the race. Anchor - Having built a point in your opponent's home board. Back Game - A strategy used when a player who is well behind tries to build as many anchors as possible. Back Man - The players furthest out piece. Bar - The point between the two sides of the backgammon board where hit checkers rest. Bar-Point - The seven-point. Bear Off - Taking checkers off. Beaver - Redoubling straight after having accepted a double without giving up possession of the doubling. Blitz - Trying to hit the blots in your home board. Block - Points built with the express desire to halt the opposition. Blot - A single checker which can be hit. Builder - A checker that is left free with the intention of being used to build a point. Bury a Checker - Placing a checker in deep your home board that it is basically out of the game. Catchers - Spreading out your checkers with the hope of trying to hit a blot. Checker - One of your 15 pieces. Chouette - A variation of backgammon. Close a Point - Making a point. Closed Board - All six points on the home board are made. Close Out - Close the board while the opponent has a piece on the bar. Cocked Dice - Dice which don’t lie flat on the board and must be rethrown. Doesn’t occur in online backgammon. Combination Shot - A blot more than six points away which requires both dice in order to be hit. Come In - Entering from the bar. Connectivity - The relative space between all of the checkers. Consolidate - Decreasing the amount of blots. Control a Point - Has more than two checkers on the point. Control the Cube - Has accepted a double and thus have next use of it. Count - The number needed to bring everyone home. Crawford Rule - The first game that a player moves within one point of winning the match, the doubling cube will not be in use for the next game. Deuce - Rolling the number 2. Direct Hit - When any number from 1 to 6 will result in a hit. Double - Offering to double the stakes of the game or winning by forfeit if the offer is declined. Drop - Refusing a double. Drop Point - The point at which not accepting the double is the right move. End Game - The part of a game when bearing off commences. Enter - Having you hit piece come in from the bar.
Gammon - Winning the game before your opponent has borne off a single piece. Heavy Point - A made point which has more than three pieces on it. Hit - To land on a point where a blot is thus sending it off the board. Hit and Cover - Making a point and hitting a blot all on the same turn. Home Board - Where all your pieces have to be before you can begin to bare off. Lovers' Leap - Rolling 6-5 on the opening roll. Make a Point - Putting two checkers on the same point to secure it. On the Bar - When you have been hit your piece will be placed here. You can not do anything until it re-enters the board. Pip - A unit of distance. Pip Count - The total amount of pips you are away from winning. Prime - Consecutive points made. Prime-vs-Prime - A game where both players have primes. Raccoon - A redouble which immediately follows a beaver. Running Game - Trying to win while paying zero to no attention to your opponent. Slot - Leaving a blot with the hope of covering it up straight after. Snake Eyes - Rolling 1-1. Split - Separate two pieces on a point thus making both blots. Suicide Play - Leaving a blot with the deliberate intention of it being hit. Tempt - Leave a blot with the hope that it would be hit but only by your opponent yielding his point.
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