As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique uses alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is often used when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.