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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, your competitor does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy relies on different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.