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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon plans to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move his checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or result a battered position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the movement of your competitor, the opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means 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 plan are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game plan utilizes alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.