As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a bad position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy uses seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is frequently utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.
June 1st, 2026
Lee
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