As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of the competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game technique relies on different techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly used when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.