Backgammon Cheats

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their checkers, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game technique relies on different tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is commonly used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.