As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as 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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