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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or result a battered position if he/she at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly employed when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold two 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 requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.