Backgammon Strategy Backgammon Strategy for Dummies

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The goal is to shift your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's chips will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and roll the dice again. You'll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar - to hinder your opponent's positions hoping to improve your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is often used when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.