Backgammon Strategy Backgammon Strategy for Dummies

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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move her checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any activity of the opponent by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's chips will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you've successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You'll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar - to hurt your opponent's positions in hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is commonly used when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.