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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's checkers will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, the opponent doesn't even get to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and roll the dice again. You'll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are similar - to hurt your competitor's positions with hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan uses seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is frequently used when you're far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.