Backgammon Cheats

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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. Once you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, your opponent does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy uses seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is generally utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.