As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or result a damaged position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of the competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your checkers and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game plan uses seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is generally utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.