As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move his checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.