As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or result a bad position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy uses seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently used when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.