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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or result a bad position if he/she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique utilizes different tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is often used when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.