Backgammon Cheats

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In astonishingly simple terms, there are 3 chief strategies employed. You must be agile enough to switch tactics quickly as the course of the game unfolds.

The Blockade

This is comprised of building a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at least as deep as you might achieve, to block in your competitor’s pieces that are located on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most adequate strategy at the begining of the game. You can build the wall anyplace within your 11-point and your two-point and then shuffle it into your home board as the match continues.

The Blitz

This is comprised of locking your home board as fast as possible while keeping your opponent on the bar. i.e., if your opponent tosses an early two and shifts one checker from your 1-point to your 3-point and you then roll a 5-5, you can play 6/1 six/one eight/three 8/3. Your challenger is now in serious difficulty since they have two pieces on the bar and you have locked half your home board!

The Backgame

This plan is where you have two or higher pieces in your opponent’s home board. (An anchor spot is a point consisting of at least two of your pieces.) It would be played when you are extremely behind as this action much improves your opportunities. The best places for anchors are close to your opponent’s smaller points and either on adjoining points or with a single point separating them. Timing is crucial for a powerful backgame: at the end of the day, there’s no reason having 2 nice anchors and a solid wall in your own inner board if you are then required to dismantle this straight away, while your opponent is shifting their pieces home, seeing that you do not have other extra checkers to shift! In this case, it’s more favorable to have checkers on the bar so that you can preserve your position up until your challenger gives you a chance to hit, so it may be a wonderful idea to attempt and get your opposer to hit them in this situation!