Backgammon Information

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game plan relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is commonly employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.