As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or result a bad position if he/she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of the opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) 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 chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.