The Essential Details of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift his checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he ever attempts to escape 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 block the activity of your competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.