As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a battered position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions in hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is frequently employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.