The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two

As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon plans to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy relies on seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is frequently used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.


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