The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move his chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game plan utilizes seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is generally employed 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 plan is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.