Backgammon Cheats

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In astonishingly general terms, there are 3 fundamental game plans used. You want to be agile enough to switch tactics almost instantly as the course of the game unfolds.

The Blockade

This consists of building a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at least as deep as you might achieve, to barricade in your opponent’s pieces that are on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most acceptable tactic at the begining of the game. You can assemble the wall anywhere between your 11-point and your 2-point and then move it into your home board as the match advances.

The Blitz

This is composed of closing your home board as quick as as you can while keeping your opponent on the bar. i.e., if your opponent tosses an early 2 and moves one checker from your 1-point to your three-point and you then toss a five-five, you can play 6/1 6/1 eight/three 8/3. Your challenger is then in serious calamity since they have two checkers on the bar and you have closed half your inner board!

The Backgame

This tactic is where you have two or higher checkers in your competitor’s inner board. (An anchor spot is a position filled by at a minimum 2 of your pieces.) It must be played when you are extremely behind as this action much improves your chances. The strongest places for anchors are close to your competitor’s lower points and also on abutting points or with a single point in between. Timing is integral for an effective backgame: at the end of the day, there is no point having two nice anchor spots and a complete wall in your own home board if you are then required to break apart this straight away, while your opposer is shifting their pieces home, seeing that you don’t have any other additional checkers to move! In this case, it’s better to have pieces on the bar so that you might maintain your position up until your competitor gives you a chance to hit, so it can be a good idea to try and get your opposer to get them in this situation!