Backgammon Strategy Backgammon Strategy for Dummies

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the goal of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to escape 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 assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, the opponent doesn't even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You'll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are very similar - to hinder your opponent's positions in hope to better your odds of winning, but the Back Game technique utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.