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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a bad position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your chances of winning, but the Back Game tactic utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is commonly employed when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, 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 challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.