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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to complete your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or result a battered position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, the opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your chances of winning, but the Back Game technique uses different tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly employed when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.