Backgammon Information

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

The Priming Game Tactic

If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a bad position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of the competitor, your opponent does not even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique utilizes seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is generally used when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.