The Essential Details of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two

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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or result a damaged position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game tactic uses different techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is commonly employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.