As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to shift your checkers carefully around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely 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 he at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, the competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game plan relies on different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is generally utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.