The Essential Details of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two

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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The goal is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon plans to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses different tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is commonly used when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.