Backgammon

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap 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 built the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to better your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan uses seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is frequently used when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.