As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her checkers, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a damaged position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. Once you have successfully built the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, the opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique utilizes alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is often utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.
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