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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game technique uses seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is commonly employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.