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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, the opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game plan utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly used when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.