As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move their chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game plan relies on seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is generally used when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.