As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you have successfully built the prime to block the activity of your opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy relies on different tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is often employed when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.