Your home board, also called the inner board, is the final quadrant where all your checkers must gather before you can bear them off. It contains six points, and the more of them you occupy with made points, the harder it is for a hit opponent to re-enter from the bar. A strong home board is a major weapon: if you build several points there, an enemy checker on the bar may be stuck for many turns. You must bring every checker into your home board before starting the bear-off, so getting them all home safely is the closing goal of most games.