As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a bad position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, the competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game plan utilizes alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is frequently used when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.