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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to complete your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift their checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. After you've successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar - to harm your competitor's positions hoping to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy relies on alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is often used when you're far behind your opponent. 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 technique is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.