The Essential Facts of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 11/01/2026 04:25 am by Jillian
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.