As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent 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 at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy relies on alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is commonly used when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two 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 play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.