The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 08/22/2025 05:25 pm by Madisyn
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, the competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions in hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique uses different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.