Employing winning Backgammon strategy
As a regular player of Backgammon, I get lots of requests for handy tips on how to play this game better. And playing better means one thing essentially: winning more regularly by employing strategic gaming techniques. Because the game is a board game making use of dice, it involves an element of chance – but that’s something I learned to embrace a long time ago. You see, fortune favours the brave and the only way to enhance your gaming technique is by learning to play with strategy in addition to landing several good rolls of the cubes. As a starting point, I advise players to read up on Backgammon from as many guides as they can get their hands on. That’s key – learn the game to avoid the financial pain.
Winding the clocks back
Backgammon is a game that’s been around since time immemorial. True, the modern-day version is not quite what our ancestral brothers had in mind when they rolled a couple of stones on a board, but the resemblance is striking. So again, learn all the intricacies of the game, it will take you some time, but once you’ve mastered the art of Backgammon play, it will be well worth it. The most important starting point in this game is learning about the art of priming. These are points on the board that are of strategic importance. Your goal as a player is to occupy these points to build up a ‘Maginot Line’ through which your opponent cannot progress. These primes ensure that your opponent needs to roll high dice numbers in order to bypass your security checkpoints.
Another point I like to stress is that of anchoring. In short this involves dropping anchor on at least 1 point on your opponent’s side of the board. The benefits to this technique are that this anchor will provide safety for a hit checker to re-enter the board. Of equal significance is hitting, as alluded to just moments ago. Hitting takes place when your Backgammon checker lands on your opponents blot. A single checker is always prone to attack because it is not in an occupied slot. Once you have removed your opponent’s checker he/she must halt progression until the checker has been re-entered. Remember to use this hitting option wisely because careful placement of your chips is key to success in the long-run.