As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point eleven in your game board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of the competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy uses seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is generally employed when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have 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 needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.