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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your home board while at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's chips will either get bumped, or result a bad position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. Once you've successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your competitor, the opponent doesn't even get to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar - to harm your opponent's positions hoping to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is frequently employed when you're far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.