Backgammon Information

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your chances of winning, but the Back Game technique uses alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is often employed when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.