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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the goal of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move his checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or result a battered position if he/she at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of the competitor, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.