As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move their checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a damaged position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you shift your checkers and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game plan utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.