However, if the loser has not borne off any of his checkers, he is gammoned and loses twice the value of the doubling cube. |
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. |
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. |