Backgammon Strategy Backgammon Strategy for Dummies

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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you've successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of your competitor, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar - to harm your opponent's positions hoping to boost your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game plan utilizes seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is often used when you're 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 (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.