As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you have successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game plan utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.