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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, your competitor does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is often employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.