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

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of the opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your checkers 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 tactic are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game plan uses seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is commonly employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, 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 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.