Backgammon Cheats

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or result a damaged position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy uses alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.