Backgammon: Its History and Practice

If one combatant have not removed his first man before the other has removed his last, "a gammon" is lost and won, which is equivalent to two games.

If the players have each "taken off", the winner gains "a hit".

If all the men are off before the loser has got his men out of the winner's table, it is "a back-gammon" generally held equivalent to three hits.