As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift his checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. After you have successfully built the prime to stop the movement of your competitor, the competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan relies on seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is commonly used when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, 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 difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.