The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 06/18/2026 11:25 pm by Jillian
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a bad position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to block the activity of your competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game technique uses different tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.