The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 06/19/2026 11:26 am by Jillian
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her checkers, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is often employed 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 late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.