As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. After you have successfully built the prime to block the activity of the opponent, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game technique utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.