Backgammon Information

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game plan utilizes alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is generally used when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.