As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to shift your checkers carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by assembling 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 ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is commonly employed when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.