As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of your competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique utilizes seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is often utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.
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