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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift their pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's pieces will either get hit, or result a battered position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you've successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of the competitor, your competitor doesn't even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are similar - to hinder your opponent's positions with hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game tactic relies on alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is often utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.