Backgammon Strategy Backgammon Strategy for Dummies

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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's chips will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your opponent, the opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar - to hinder your opponent's positions with hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique relies on different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is often used when you're far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.