The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 08/13/2026 01:25 pm by Zaire
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a battered position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.