As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully built the prime to block the movement of your opponent, your competitor does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan relies on seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.