As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move her checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you have successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is often used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.