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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your checkers carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a damaged position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is commonly employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.