As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss 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 strategy are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game plan uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly used when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.