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

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a bad position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is frequently utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.