As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics 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 shift their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your opponent, the opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game tactic utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly used when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.