As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. After you have successfully built the prime to block the movement of the competitor, the opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game plan utilizes different tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is frequently used when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 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 needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.