Backgammon Strategy Backgammon Strategy for Dummies

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's pieces will either get hit, or result a battered position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. After you've successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You'll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are similar - to hinder your competitor's positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.