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 pieces carefully around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips heading 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 complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by building a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's chips will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your opponent, your opponent doesn't even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You'll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are very similar - to hurt your competitor's positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, however the Back Game strategy utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is frequently used when you're far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.