Backgammon Cheats

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In extraordinarily simple terms, there are 3 fundamental techniques used. You must be agile enough to switch strategies instantly as the course of the match unfolds.

The Blockade

This consists of assembling a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at least as deep as you might manage, to lock in the competitor’s pieces that are on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most suitable tactic at the start of the game. You can assemble the wall anyplace within your eleven-point and your 2-point and then move it into your home board as the game progresses.

The Blitz

This consists of closing your home board as fast as as you can while keeping your opponent on the bar. i.e., if your challenger tosses an early two and shifts one piece from your one-point to your three-point and you then roll a 5-5, you can play six/one 6/1 8/3 eight/three. Your challenger is then in serious calamity taking into account that they have 2 pieces on the bar and you have locked half your inside board!

The Backgame

This strategy is where you have 2 or higher checkers in your competitor’s inner board. (An anchor is a point filled by at a minimum 2 of your checkers.) It should be played when you are decidedly behind as it greatly improves your chances. The best areas for anchor spots are close to your competitor’s lower points and either on adjacent points or with a single point in between. Timing is crucial for a powerful backgame: after all, there is no reason having two nice anchors and a complete wall in your own home board if you are then required to break apart this straight away, while your opponent is shifting their checkers home, because you don’t have any other additional pieces to move! In this situation, it is better to have checkers on the bar so that you might preserve your position up till your opposer provides you a chance to hit, so it will be an excellent idea to try and get your opponent to get them in this case!