As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at specific instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game tactic relies on seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.