The Essential Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part Two

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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 pieces safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy uses alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.