As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is frequently employed when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.