The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move his pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy relies on different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is commonly utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.