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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he/she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of your competitor, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game tactic utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is commonly 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 tactic is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.