As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move their checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a bad position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. After you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to improve your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game technique uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, 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 employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.