As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a battered position if he/she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully assembled 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 win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic relies on different techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is often utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.