Backgammon Cheats

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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is generally utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.