As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of the opponent, the opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game plan utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is frequently utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.