As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. Once you have successfully built the prime to block the activity of your competitor, the opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game plan utilizes alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is commonly used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.