Backgammon Tricks

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to shift your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game technique uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is generally used when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.