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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift his pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or result a bad position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.