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 luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game strategy uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.