Backgammon

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move his checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he/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 game board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.