The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 03/02/2025 02:25 am by Zaire
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposition shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to block the movement of your opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy relies on seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is often employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.