As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a bad position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, the opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game plan relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.