Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 06-10-2025
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon plans to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement 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 damaged position if he at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is generally employed when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this plan, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.