As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or result a battered position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy relies on seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.