Backgammon Cheats

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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy relies on different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is often used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.