As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips 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 plan are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan uses seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.