As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to better your odds of winning, but the Back Game technique relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is commonly employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.