As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a damaged position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of your competitor, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.