Backgammon Information

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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a bad position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your competitor, the opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.