As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a bad position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, the competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally used when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.