As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of the competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic relies on different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally used when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.
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