Backgammon Cheats

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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the goal of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he/she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to block the movement of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly employed when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.