Backgammon Strategy Backgammon Strategy for Dummies

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon plans to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you've successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, the opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar - to hinder your competitor's positions hoping to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally used when you're far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.