Backgammon Cheats

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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at specific instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’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 setup anyplace between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. After you have successfully built the prime to block the movement of your opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.