As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of your competitor, your opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to better your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy relies on alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is generally utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two 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 use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.