The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a bad position if he at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy relies on seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is frequently used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.