The Backgammon Doubling Cube
A cube, with the numbers 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 printed on its faces. Its shape is slightly larger than the original dice.

It is basically used to keep track of the enhanced value of the wagers. The cube is positioned in the middle of the bar at the beginning, which means none of the players control it. Initially the cube is placed with the face showing 64 at the top, which represents the initial status of the stake as 1, and then it is switched between the players with the face showing increased value depending upon the progress of the game.

Once the double is announced by one player and the other player accepts the double, then the doubling cube is handed over to the second player who has accepted the double. This is a compensatory strategy by which the second player gets the chance to take the exclusive control of announcing the next double. The next double implies ‘redouble’, which means the stake has been further doubled. However the second player will again announce also the double, if and only if he feels that the game has turned into his favour.

The announcement of the re-double by the second player will be obligatory to the first player as stated above. If the first player refuses, then they will concede the game. A redouble simply quadruples the original value of the stake i.e. 1 will become 4, 2 will become 8, 3 will become 12.


The double and redouble don't have any limits. Only exclusive rights of the doubling cube swing between the two players, as well as the value of the stake increasing following the arithmetic rules.
The doubles and re-doubles actually make the game more attractive by increasing it's speed as welll.

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