| If there is a good chance you could be gammoned, be more inclined to pass the double. |
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| Players starting with less than 15 checkers in play may still be gammoned or backgammoned. |
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| He took down the third game, narrowly, and then I almost gammoned him again on the fourth. |
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| I am going to get gammoned if I lose this, but I often win too, so I may as well double now. |
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| It also penalizes you for losing those same types of games if you get gammoned or bear off only one or two men at the end. |
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| However, if the loser has not borne off any of his checkers, he is gammoned and loses twice the value of the doubling cube. |
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| Sure, I could get gammoned, vaporizing most of the points I spent the day winning, but he still has two open points, and may not be able to get a second man. |
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| In the end if you are unable to take any of your checkers to the home board then you are said to be gammoned which means that your loss is double the stake amount. |
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