As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move their chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to improve your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic uses seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is often utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.