As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is often utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.