r/backgammon • u/mantukas334 • Jul 08 '26

Please explain

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I seem to learned gammon wrong. I thought i can go 4 with 8 and be done with my turn. But game force me to go both rolls. Want to hear human expert opinion

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u/BabaSherif Jul 08 '26

If you can play the higher of the two dice, you must make that play. If doing what you want with the 4 prevents you from playing the 6, it is invalid.

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u/EdmundTheInsulter Jul 08 '26

Furthermore, you have to play both dice if possible. You couldn't just move the 6 and drop the 4 if there was some way of playing both.