As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift their checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your competitor, the opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions in hope to better your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game plan utilizes seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.