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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The goal is to shift your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move their checkers, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to improve your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy utilizes different tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.