Backgammon Tips

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move his checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your competitor, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game tactic uses alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.