As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift his checkers, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. After you have successfully built the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to better your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game technique uses alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is often employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.
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