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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move their chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game plan utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.