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Participating in backgammon could be enjoyable, especially if you are aware of how to win by playing properly. But once in a while a trick or two might assist you even more and make you a better player.

One of the better strategies to win is to lock your opposing player in. It’ll prevent them from advancing their checkers from your home board. This must be done at the start of the game to keep your opponents 2 pieces in your home board. So you must move your pieces to points seven, 5, and 4 as quickly as as you can and even two and three if possible. Keep your point of six with the 6 pieces where it is. This will make sure that your opposition can’t get out of your home board and aid your chances of blocking them in to win.

By locking your opponent in, they’ll be praying for double 6’s when all other options have been made to get those 2 checkers away from your home board. If doubles aren’t tossed, your opponent will be required to move one checker at a time, as long as they get a 6 or greater, and leave one piece behind and vulnerable. Of course in the process of moving your own checkers, be certain you do not leave one alone where your opponent can send you off to the bar to make your way through their side.

When in doubt, hit. This can assist you in winning mainly because as soon as your challenger is hit, that checker is the checker they have to move prior to doing anything else on the board. So if you hit them several times, they’ll have to get numerous checkers back on the board and get past your pieces to win. Be certain you do not hit where it’ll cause you to be open to being hit yourself. Except of course when will be beneficial to you, as in early on in the game when your opposition will not have you blocked in.

Landing a hit when you have a lock started can also be great because as soon as you get several spots locked, your opponent will have a harder time moving their checkers out of your home board and winning. It is even possible to hit them a number of times and get your block setup. That way you can lock them from returning to the game board and even being offered an opportunity at defeating you.

These 2 tricks are not the only way to succeed, but they are good ways for novices to develop into more skillfull enthusiasts. So when you master these, winning most of the time certainly won’t seem to be such a hard thing to do.