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

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game tactic relies on alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is often employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.