The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two

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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition shifts their chips toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game technique relies on seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.