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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift his checkers, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any activity of the opponent by building a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you've successfully built the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, the competitor doesn't even get to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar - to hinder your competitor's positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is often employed when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.