Rolling Doubles in Backgammon: Four Moves, Not Two

Roll the same number on both dice and you play it four times. A double can be the biggest roll in the game: double 6s moves your checkers 24 points.

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A double is played four times
When both dice show the same number, you have rolled a double, and you play that number four times instead of twice. The board shows four dice. With double 4s here, two checkers move from your 24-point to your 20-point and two from your 13-point to your 9-point: 24/20(2) 13/9(2), where (2) means twice.
Play double 6s
Each of the four moves can take any checker, the same one again or a new one, as long as every stop is open. A back checker that reaches your 18-point can't go on to your 12-point: White has five checkers there.
Your move
Play all four 6s: two checkers along each arrow.
How far does a double go?
A double gives you four moves of its number, and they can all go to one checker or be shared out.

You roll double 5s. How many points can you move in all?
Question

What you learned

A double is played four times: double 4s are four moves of 4.
The four moves can go to one checker or to several, and every point a checker stops on must be open.
If you can't play all four, you play as many as you can.

Unit 1The rules

Unit 2First strategy

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