Backgammon

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan uses alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is commonly employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.