Backgammon

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

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their checkers, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan relies on alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is often employed when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this plan, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.