As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to stop the activity of your competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on different techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is often employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control 2 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 play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.