As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move their chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or result a battered position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, the opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game plan relies on alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.