The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 02/18/2025 12:25 am by Madisyn
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.