The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
by Caden on November 23rd, 2025
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces 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 similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game plan relies on alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is commonly employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.
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