As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, the opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is commonly utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.