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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move his checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any activity of the opponent by building a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. After you've successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, the opponent doesn't even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar - to harm your opponent's positions hoping to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is commonly employed when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.