The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 2

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the goal of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of the competitor, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game tactic utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.