As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a bad position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to block the activity of your opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy utilizes alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.