Backgammon Cheats

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In exceptionally general terms, there are three main techniques used. You want to be agile enough to hop between game plans instantly as the course of the match unfolds.

The Blockade

This is composed of creating a 6-deep wall of pieces, or at least as thick as you can achieve, to barricade in the competitor’s pieces that are on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most adequate strategy at the start of the match. You can build the wall anywhere inbetween your 11-point and your 2-point and then shuffle it into your home board as the game progresses.

The Blitz

This is composed of closing your home board as quickly as possible while keeping your opposer on the bar. e.g., if your opposer tosses an early two and shifts one checker from your 1-point to your three-point and you then toss a 5-5, you will be able to play 6/1 6/1 eight/three 8/3. Your opponent is now in serious calamity because they have 2 checkers on the bar and you have closed half your inner board!

The Backgame

This tactic is where you have 2 or higher anchors in your opponent’s inner board. (An anchor is a point consisting of at a minimum two of your pieces.) It would be used when you are decidedly behind as this plan greatly improves your chances. The better locations for anchor spots are close to your competitor’s smaller points and either on abutting points or with a single point separating them. Timing is essential for a powerful backgame: at the end of the day, there is no point having 2 nice anchor spots and a solid wall in your own home board if you are then required to break up this straight away, while your competitor is getting their pieces home, owing to the fact that you don’t have any other spare pieces to shift! In this situation, it is more favorable to have checkers on the bar so that you are able to preserve your position until your competitor gives you a chance to hit, so it can be an excellent idea to attempt and get your challenger to get them in this case!