As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.