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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to complete your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a bad position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you move your pieces and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often used 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 late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.