As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular times. 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 slow down the opponent to shift their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy relies on different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.