As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully constructed 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 Technique

The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game technique utilizes alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is frequently used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.