As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of your competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic uses alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is commonly employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.