Backgammon Cheats

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move her checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy relies on alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is often employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.