As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy relies on seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is often employed when you are far behind your competitor. To play 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 strategy is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.