Backgammon Information

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your opponent, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice yet 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 hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is generally used when you’re far behind your opponent. 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 technique is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.