As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift his chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic 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 tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is often utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.