Backgammon Strategy Backgammon Strategy for Dummies

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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. Once you've successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You'll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are very similar - to hurt your opponent's positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is often employed when you're far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.