[ English ]

As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game plan relies on different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is often employed when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.