As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.