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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to shift your pieces carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to stop the movement of your competitor, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly employed when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.