As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or result a damaged position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is often used when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.