Backgammon

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move his checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers 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 built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your competitor, your opponent does not even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game technique utilizes different tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to control two 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 play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.