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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the goal of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's pieces will either get bumped, or result a bad position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you've successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, the competitor doesn't even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar - to hurt your opponent's positions hoping to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you're far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 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 requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.