As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan relies on seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is generally used when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.