As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon plans to complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift his pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to block the activity of your opponent, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is often used 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 plan is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.