Backgammon Information

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the goal of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently used when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.