Backgammon Information

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game tactic utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often employed when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you have 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 seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.