As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or result a damaged position if he ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to block the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game plan relies on alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly used when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.