As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is frequently used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.
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