As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces 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 specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop 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 damaged position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point eleven in your game board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of your competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy uses alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.