As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to move your chips carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move his chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point eleven in your game board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.