As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to shift your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of the opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game plan relies on seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two 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 play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.