The Essential Facts of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 05/22/2026 07:25 pm by Madisyn
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move her checkers, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of the opponent, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.