As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the goal of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.