Backgammon Strategy Backgammon Strategy for Dummies

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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to finish off 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 block any activity of the opponent by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. After you've successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your competitor, the opponent doesn't even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You'll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar - to harm your opponent's positions in hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan uses seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in 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 use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.