As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or result a battered position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. After you have successfully built the prime to block the movement of the opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly employed when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.