Now your opponent must roll a die with a number that will place that checker on a legal point in your home board. Points with two or more checkers are called made points and the opposing player cannot move to those points under any condition. Unfortunately for you, opponents can also hit you so try and keep at least two checkers on any point. Rolling Doubles One big bonus in backgammon comes about if you roll doubles of any number since you'll move your checkers four times instead of only two. Scoring Getting all 15 checkers off the board is your goal but scoring is a little different.
Points are dependent on how many of the loser's checkers have been borne off.
No matter what, you'll earn one point, called a game, for bearing your 15 checkers off the board. If your opponent failed to bear any checkers off the board, then you win two points, called a gammon. For higher stakes, these numbers double if your opponent has used the doubling cube. Doubling the Stakes You can double the stakes of the game using the doubling cube. At the beginning of the game, the doubling cube belongs to no one.