As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic utilizes different tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is often used when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in 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 strategy is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.