As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of the competitor, the competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic relies on alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.