As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you have successfully built the prime to block the movement of your competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to improve your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is often utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.