As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is generally utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.
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