| He took down the third game, narrowly, and then I almost gammoned him again on the fourth. |
| Players starting with less than 15 checkers in play may still be gammoned or backgammoned. |
| 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. |
| I am going to get gammoned if I lose this, but I often win too, so I may as well double now. |
| If there is a good chance you could be gammoned, be more inclined to pass the double. |
| 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. |
