Backgammon Information

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move her pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of the opponent, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is frequently utilized when you’re 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 technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.