As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or result a bad position if he at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally used when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.