As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, the competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions in hope to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game technique utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To play 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 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 result of the dice toss.