Backgammon

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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a bad position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, your opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game technique uses seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is frequently employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.