As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The aim is to shift your checkers carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or result a battered position if he ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. After you have successfully built the prime to block the movement of the competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your checkers and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.